DAVINCI
Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging
The Mission
Named after visionary Renaissance artist and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, NASA’s DAVINCI mission will study Venus from above its clouds down to its surface, investigating how the planet and its thick, crushing atmosphere formed and evolved over the past 4.5 billion years.
DAVINCI consists of a spacecraft and a probe. Through a series of flybys, the spacecraft will track the motions of Venus’ clouds and map its surface composition. Two years into the mission, the spacecraft will release a probe that will sample the atmosphere’s chemical makeup, as well as the temperature, pressure, and winds, as it descends to the surface. Once it reaches below the clouds, the probe will take measurements and capture high-resolution images of a unique mountainous region called Alpha Regio, which may be among the oldest surfaces on Venus, offering scientists remote access to rocks that are billions of years old.
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