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The Next Generation of Exploration: Back to Venus with VERITAS
Artist’s concept of the VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) spacecraft, a proposed mission for NASA’s Discovery Program that would launch by the end of 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
In February of 2014, NASA’s Discovery Program asked for proposals for the their 13th mission. Last week, five semifinalist were selected from the original 27 submissions for further investigation and refinement. Of the possible missions that could be going up, two involve sending a robotic spacecraft a plant that NASA has not been to in decades: Venus!
The first is the DAVINCI spacecraft, which would study the chemical composition of Venus’ atmosphere. Meanwhile, the proposed VERITAS mission – or The Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy spacecraft – would investigate the planet’s surface to determine just how much it has in common with Earth, and whether or not it was ever habitable.
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Post tags: DAVINCI, Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases Chemistry and Imaging (DAVINCI), JPL, Magellan spacecraft, multispectral NIR emissivity, radar interferometer, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), The Venus Emissivity Radio Science InSAR Topography and Spectroscopy (VERITAS), Venus, VERITAS, VISAR, volcanoes on venus, water on Venus
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