Venus Space Mission

In a CNN Wonder article about the NASA Magellan spacecraft’s capture of imagery of Venus in the 1990s, Jennifer Whitten, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, said, “Now that we’re very sure the planet experienced a volcanic eruption only 30 years ago, this is a small preview for the incredible discoveries VERITAS will make.” Whitten is associate deputy principal investigator of VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy), a new mission that will head for Venus within a decade.

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