{"id":114575,"date":"2021-06-05T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T09:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=114575"},"modified":"2021-06-05T09:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T09:27:55","slug":"two-future-missions-to-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/two-future-missions-to-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Two future missions to Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Space agency of which of the following country has recently disclosed about two robotic missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, to Venus?<br><\/strong>a) USA<br>b) China<br>c) UK<br>d) Japan<br><strong>Answer: (a)<br>Related Facts:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NASA recently has announced two new future missions to Venus, Earth\u2019s nearest planetary neighbor.<\/li><li>The missions aim to understand how Venus became an inferno-like world when it has so many other characteristics similar to ours.<\/li><li>Venus may have been the first habitable world in the solar system, complete with an ocean and Earth-like climate.<\/li><li>NASA is awarding approximately $500 million per mission for development. Each is expected to launch in the 2028-2030 time frame.<\/li><li>These selected future missions for Venus are named as DAVINCI+ and VERITAS<\/li><li><strong>DAVINCI+<\/strong><\/li><li>DAVINCI, known in full as Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging.<\/li><li>DAVINCI+ probe to Venus will measure the composition of Venus\u2019 atmosphere to understand how it formed and evolved.<\/li><li>It will determine whether the planet ever had an ocean, this mission consists of a descent sphere that will plunge through the planet\u2019s thick atmosphere.<\/li><li>It will make precise measurements of noble gases and other elements to understand why Venus\u2019 atmosphere is a runaway hothouse compared the Earth\u2019s.<\/li><li>In addition, DAVINCI+ will return the first high resolution pictures of the unique geological features on Venus known as Tesserae.<\/li><li>These features may be comparable to Earth\u2019s continents, suggesting that Venus has plate tectonics.<\/li><li><strong>VERITAS<\/strong><\/li><li>VERITAS is Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy<\/li><li>VERITAS will map Venus\u2019 surface to determine the planet\u2019s geologic history to understand why it developed so differently than Earth.<\/li><li>Orbiting Venus with synthetic aperture radar, VERITAS will chart surface elevations over nearly the entire planet.<\/li><li>It will create 3D reconstructions of topography and confirm whether processes such as plate tectonics and volcanism are still active on Venus.<\/li><li>VERITAS also will map infrared emissions from Venus\u2019 surface to map its rock type, which is largely unknown.<\/li><li>It will also determine whether active volcanoes are releasing water vapor into the atmosphere.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasa-selects-2-missions-to-study-lost-habitable-world-of-venus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Space agency of which of the following country has recently disclosed about two robotic missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, to Venus?a) USAb) Chinac) UKd) JapanAnswer: (a)Related Facts:- NASA recently has announced two new future missions to Venus, Earth\u2019s nearest planetary neighbor. 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