DAVINCI +

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NASA ogłosiła, że wybrała obie misje wenusjańskie w w ramach programu Discovery: VERITAS oraz DAVINCI +

DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging)

DAVINCI+ will measure the composition of Venus’ atmosphere to understand how it formed and evolved, as well as determine whether the planet ever had an ocean. The mission consists of a descent sphere that will plunge through the planet’s thick atmosphere, making precise measurements of noble gases and other elements to understand why Venus’ atmosphere is a runaway hothouse compared the Earth’s.

In addition, DAVINCI+ will return the first high resolution pictures of the unique geological features on Venus known as “tesserae,” which may be comparable to Earth’s continents, suggesting that Venus has plate tectonics. This would be the first U.S.-led mission to Venus’ atmosphere since 1978, and the results from DAVINCI+ could reshape our understanding of terrestrial planet formation in our solar system and beyond. James Garvin of Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is the principal investigator. Goddard provides project management.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus

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Po 38 latach NASA dokonała wenusjańskiego wyboru.

NASA Announces Long-Awaited Return to Venus with Two Exciting New Discovery Missions
By Paul Scott Anderson, on June 7th, 2021


Artist’s concept of DAVINCI+ as it descends through the thick Venusian atmosphere to the surface. It is one of two new NASA missions that will return to Venus for the first time in over 30 years. Image Credit: NASA GSFC visualization by CI Labs Michael Lentz and others

James Garvin of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is the principal investigator of the mission. (...)
https://www.americaspace.com/2021/06/07/nasa-announces-long-awaited-return-to-venus-with-two-exciting-new-discovery-missions/#more-165158

DAVINCI+ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/402/james-jim-brian-garvin/

https://www.nasa.gov/planetarymissions/discovery.html
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_is_returning_to_Venus_999.html
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_to_explore_divergent_fate_of_Earths_mysterious_twin_with_Goddards_DAVINCI+_999.html
https://www.urania.edu.pl/wiadomosci/nasa-wraca-na-wenus-dwie-nowe-misje

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Trochę szczegółów o Venus Mass Spectrometer misji Da Vinci +

https://www.spacedaily.com/m/reports/Newer_nimbler_faster_Venus_probe_will_search_for_signs_of_life_in_clouds_of_sulfuric_acid_999.html