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The atmosphere of Venus, almost completely carbon dioxide. Strong winds in the upper atmosphere, creating vor
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Nationalgeographic.co.id—NASA announced that Venus will be the target of the next two missions in the program Discovery.
These two missions aim to understand how Venus become like hell capable of melting lead on the surface. NASA will offer the entire scientific community to investigate this never-before-visited planet. This investigation spanned more than 30 years, said Bill Nelson, Administrator NASA on the page National Geographic.
One spacecraft, called DAVINCI+ will study Venus’ toxic atmosphere. While another plane, VERITAS, will create detailed maps of the planet’s surface and try to reconstruct its geological history.
Some scientists call Venus the ‘forgotten planet’. Though Venus is very similar to Earth in size and mass.
NASA’s Discovery Program is a smaller and less expensive mission than New Frontiers. It is launched every 36 months. These missions are typically limited to a $450 million budget, excluding launch vehicles and mission operating costs. Meanwhile, the New Frontiers expedition was capped at $850 million.
Currently, NASA is flying two Discovery missions. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in 2009 to map the lunar surface, and the InSight Lander, launched in 2018 to study the interior of Mars.
In 2021, two more missions will be launched: Lucy will study many asteroids and use them to uncover secrets about the early solar system. Meanwhile, Psyche will visit a giant asteroid that is very rich in metals.
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DAVINCI+ will send a one-meter-diameter probe to deal with the high temperatures and pressures near the surface of Venus to explore the atmosphere from the cloud top to near the surface of terrain that may have crossed the continent.
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VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) will map the surface of Venus at high resolution.
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The last US mission to Venus, Magellan, ended in 1994 when the spacecraft made a programmed plunge through the planet’s atmosphere.
Mystery Venus deeper. Among them is growing evidence for ongoing volcanism on the planet’s surface. Despite the fact that Venus it lacks the kind of tectonic activity that fuels the most volcanic regions on Earth.
There has also been the controversial detection of phosphine gas in the planet’s atmosphere, which could be a sign of life.
Soon, perhaps in 2030, DAVINCI+ will descend through the planet’s atmosphere, which is 90 times denser than Earth’s, collecting samples and delivering data that will help scientists understand how it evolved and whether the planet ever had an ocean.
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