What is next after Earth's Moon and Mars, NASA's next target in space
After Earth's Moon and Mars, NASA's next target in space conquest is Venus. Space researchers call this second and hottest planet in the solar system a "boiling" planet.
The US space agency plans to send two space robotic missions to Earth's hottest planet in the solar system, Venus.
This is the first time since the conquest of Earth's moon and Mars that a mission to Venus has been considered. According to reports from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, June 3, Bill Nelson, the new administrator of NASA, announced in his first detailed address to NASA employees that NASA will launch two robotic space missions to Venus in the future Will leave.
Hell-like planet
Space researchers call this second and hottest planet in the solar system a "boiling" planet. This will be the first time that scientists on Earth will attempt to conquer a planet that is considered to be "probably the most overlooked" in the Earth's solar system.
In his speech, Nelson said: "These two missions will be twin space missions in a way, and their purpose will be to try to understand how Venus became a 'hell-like' planet where the temperature is so high. Can lead melt on its surface? ”
One mission is called Da Vinci Plus
Bill Nelson said: "One of these two robotic missions will be called Da Vinci Plus and will study the atmosphere of Venus with very dense clouds. At the same time, an attempt will be made to find out whether there was ever an ocean on this planet and whether this planet has ever been habitable. During the mission, the small spacecraft that will be sent into Venus's atmosphere will also obtain samples of the gases in the planet's atmosphere and conduct a scientific study. The mission will be the first US-led spacecraft to send a spacecraft into Venus in nearly half a century since 1978.
The second mission is called Veritas
The NASA administrator said that the second mission to Venus would be called Veritas and that it would help to understand the geology of this neighboring planet by obtaining samples of hard rock on the surface of Venus. What information can be obtained from history regarding science? According to NASA Chief Scientist Tom Wagner, it is amazing how little people actually know about Venus. According to the information so far, the atmosphere of Venus is mostly filled with carbon dioxide gas. According to Tom Wagner: "With the help of these two space missions, so much information can be obtained that it would be almost like rediscovering Venus."
Departure time for both space missions
The two new space missions will be sent to Venus between 2028 and 2030 and will be provided with $500 million each under NASA's Discovery Program. It is worth mentioning that NASA has decided to send these two missions to Venus and has decided not to implement the suggestions regarding two other space missions at present.
Neptune's icy moon
One of the proposals was to send a mission to the solar system's moon Io, while another possible plan was to send an information mission to Triton, the icy moon of Neptune, another planet in Earth's solar system. Was NASA intends to reconsider these recommendations at a later date.
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