VIVA – It has been 30 years since the Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) last time visited planet Venus, orbiting Magellan, in 1990 to be exact. Now, two new missions have been selected to re-explore the planet, which has a lethal atmosphere, crushing pressure, and volcanic landscape.
The process began in February 2020, when NASA announced that four missions would undergo a nine-month vetting process for eligibility. They are all part of the Discovery program. This mission has taken a unique and innovative approach to exploring the solar system.
The two winning Venus missions were the Davinci and Veritas missions. Each was awarded US$500 million in funding and will launch between 2028 and 2030 Space, Thursday 17 June 2021.
As for the mission that lost was the exploration of the moon belonged to Jupiter, Io and moon Neptune, Triton. NASA decided not to go there, so what lessons did we miss?
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