A mission to the planet Venus is known as the DAVINCI mission. It has been planned by NASA as part of their discovery program. It was subsequently updated as a DAVINCI + mission.
The DAVINCI mission is a deep atmospheric Venus survey of noble gas, chemistry, and imaging missions. It is scheduled to start in the year 2029. The mission will drop the space probe into the upper atmosphere of Venus. The atmosphere of Venus is 90 times as dense as the Earth. It is mainly composed of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid. The probe will also be looking for oxygen in the atmosphere of Venus. The DAVINCI mission will participate in the VERITAS mission to study Venus. VERITAS is another scheduled future mission to map the surface of the planet Venus.
Objective of the mission
Understanding the origin of Venus’ atmosphere and to find out why the atmosphere of Venus is different from Earth and Mars as well as investigating whether there was ever a sea on Venus in the past. It will also be taking high-resolution images of the planet and assess whether the planet has any type of plate tectonics.
Plan of the mission
The mission sends an orbiter and a descent probe to Venus. The descent probe studies the chemical composition of Venus’ atmosphere and will also be taking photos during the descent. The orbiter will also measure and study the composition of the planet’s atmosphere. These measurements which will be taken are very important to understand how it evolved, the origin of the atmosphere and how it differs from Earth, and so on.