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Davinci+ and Veritas

June 6 , 2021 1144 days 875 0
  • NASA, has announced its two new robotic missions namely Davinci+ and Veritas.
  • These are to examine to Venus.
  • They will be launched in between 2028 and 2030.
  • Davinci+ is “Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” mission.
  • It will measure atmosphere of Venus.
  • It also seeks to determine whether Venus ever had an ocean.
  • Veritas is called as “Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy”.
  • It will map surface of Venus to understand its geologic history.
  • It will discover if volcanoes and earthquakes are still happening.

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