The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus as seen by NASA Magellan spacecraft. This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, ...
If true, those robust cells may still be living in Venus' atmosphere. Some could have even conglomerated together, speckling the world with the organics we have long assumed are confined to ours.
At around 100 km, they would start sending back data to Persephone, waiting overhead. After its deployment mission was complete, Demeter itself would deorbit and start burning up in Venus' atmosphere.
In the coming years, Venus may grow much less mystifying. A NASA mission called DAVINCI — short for Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging — will drop a ...
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to build the EnVision spacecraft that will unveil Venus’ deepest mysteries • As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space ...