DAVINCI

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

future Mission
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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