Venus stayed largely unexplored. Now, things are about to change: NASA has announced two missions to Venus by 2030 and here's why that's exciting.
A volcanic eruption on Jupiter’s moon Io. Credit: NASA/JPL/DLR It’s been 30 years sinceNASAlast visitedVenus, with the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Now,two new missionshave been selected to explore the deadly atmosphere, crushing pressures and volcanic landscape. The pr...
The Apollo 11 moon landing was a historic achievement—but so were the other five times when NASA landed men on the moon.
It has been suggested that future missions to Venus could incorporate balloons or winged craft that could explore this potentially habitable region of the atmosphere. In the meantime, NASA is considering two future missions to Venus: VERITAS, which will study the planet from orbit, observing primari...
in the east. If the moon had not spread the light of sunlight on us, our sky would have been much darker than this. But it would have been nice to see these stars. Remember that even then, there will be some light coming from Venus to remove darkness. But the moon is 2,000 ...
The Mars helicopter Ingenuity has had a remarkable lifespan and has proven to be a greater success than anyone imagined. Originally designed to perform just five flights over the surface of Mars, the helicopter has now performed more than 70. However, NASA has now announced that it has lost ...
Suite movements: “By the Light of the Polar Star”, “Beneath the Southern Cross”, and the piece we listened to several times (because we couldn’t believe our ears), “Mars and Venus”. I am afraid this movement found us engaging in some Sousa smack talk. Sousa’s “Mars and Venus...
This image of Venus was created using data that NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft collected on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974, shortly after the spacecraft's closest approach to Venus on Feb. 5. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The planet Venus used to be thought of as a "twin planet" to Earth...
but NASA had some bad trouble and the only booster available was only big enough to go to Venus with. So they fired it and sent Galileo the long way round: to flyby Venus (grav. assist) back to flyby Earth (grav assist) around again and flyby Earth (grav assist) and finally ...
WE COULD GO TO VENUS WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY, SCIENTISTS SAY Venus, which has been called "Earth's evil twin," has an extremely harsh climate, with a surface temperature of 864 degrees Fahrenheit. It's likely too hot to support life, but NASA has recently said that it intends to explore...