DAVINCI

Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging

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Round probe descending to Venus with hazy yellowish sky and mountains in background

DAVINCI will study Venus from its clouds down to the planet's surface – the first mission to study Venus using both flybys and a descent probe. It joins the VERITAS mission as the first NASA spacecraft to explore Earth's sister planet Venus since the 1990s.

Type

Flyby / Atmospheric Probe

Launch

Tentative: 2030

Target

Venus

Objective

Study Venus from above its clouds to its surface

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DAVINCI

The DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) mission will explore whether the inhospitable surface of Venus could once have been a twin of Earth – a habitable world with liquid water oceans.

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Artist's rendering of the DAVINCI mission capsule over Venus.

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