DAVINCI
(Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, DAVINCI+, Discovery 16)
(planned NASA Venus orbiter)
DAVINCI (for Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging)
is a planned NASA Venus space mission selected in 2021
for a 2029 or 2030 launch as a Discovery Program mission.
The plan includes an orbiter along with a probe that will descend
through the atmosphere.
The orbiter is to carry cameras capable of ultraviolet
and near infrared imaging.
Planned descent-probe instruments:
The name DAVINCI+ was initially used for one iteration of
its proposal, to distinguish it from the first proposal.
(spacecraft,Venus,NASA,plan)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAVINCI
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=DAVINCI-P
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20170002022/downloads/20170002022.pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12821
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022PSJ.....3..117G/abstract
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.07669
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