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The Next Generation of Exploration: The DAVINCI Spacecraft
NASA’s latest round of Discovery Program missions envision sending craft to study Venus, near-Earth objects, and asteroids. Credit: NASA
It’s no secret that there has been a resurgence in interest in space exploration in recent years. Much of the credit for this goes to NASA’s ongoing exploration efforts on Mars, which in the past few years have revealed things like organic molecules on the surface, evidence of flowing water, and that the planet once had a denser atmosphere – all of which indicate that the planet may have once been hospitable to life.
But when it comes to the future, NASA is looking beyond Mars to consider missions that will send missions to Venus, near-Earth objects, and a variety of asteroids. With an eye to Venus, they are busy investigating the possibility of sending the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI) spacecraft to the planet by the 2020s.
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Post tags: ceres, DAVINCI, Dawn Asteroid Orbiter, Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases Chemistry and Imaging (DAVINCI), Discovery Program, InSight, Kepler Space Observatory, Mars, mars pathfinder, MESSENGER, NASA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NEAR Shoemaker, Pioneer missions, STARDUST-NExT, vega 1, Vega 2, Venera program, Venus, Venus Express
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