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Loading contentA renaissance at Venus — a fleet of new missions to map its surface, sound its atmosphere, and understand why Earth's twin became a hell-world.
The new wave of missions to Venus.
A NASA Discovery mission to drop a probe through the atmosphere of Venus, measuring its chemistry and origins layer by layer, and imaging the surface as it descends.
ESA's Venus orbiter, working alongside the NASA Venus missions to understand why Earth's near-twin became so inhospitable — studying the planet as a whole system.
A NASA Discovery orbiter to map Venus in fine detail with radar — its topography, geology, and any active volcanism — revealing how the planet evolved so differently from Earth.
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Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.