Tag: DAVINCI
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Hints of life renew interest in Venus, and a private mission could lead the way
A synthesized false color image of Venus, using 283-nm and 365-nm band images taken by the Venus Ultraviolet Imager (UVI) on Japan’s Akatsuki orbiter. Credit: JAXA / ISAS / Akatsuki Project Team The announcement Monday of the discovery of phosphine gas in the clouds of Venus — an indicator of possible life — has raised…
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NASA to assess proposals for probes to Venus, moons of Jupiter and Neptune
Artist’s concept of the solar system. Credit: NASA NASA announced Thursday it will fund four concept studies for potential robotic missions to Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton ahead of a decision next year to approve up to two of the projects for launch in the mid-to-late 2020s. The space agency chose the…
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NASA official says new mission selections on track despite InSight woes
Artist’s concept of the InSight lander on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A $150 million cost overrun and two-year launch delay for NASA’s InSight Mars mission could mean fewer opportunities for new planetary science missions in the next few years, but the head of the agency’s science division said this week NASA will still approve development of…
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NASA might pick two Discovery missions, but at a price
Artist’s concept of the VERITAS spacecraft at Venus. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A senior NASA official said Monday the agency could select two new robotic planetary science missions next year for launch in the early 2020s, and the finalists are a Venus orbiter and atmospheric probe, an observatory to search for killer space rocks, and two probes…