Within the next decade, NASA’s DAVINCI mission plans to send a descent sphere whistling through the atmosphere of Venus, collecting not only samples of its atmosphere but also high-resolution images ...

Due to launch in the early 2030s, NASA's DAVINCI mission will investigate whether Venus—a sweltering world wrapped in an atmosphere of noxious gases—once had oceans and continents like Earth.

NASA’s DAVINCI — Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging — mission embodies the spirit of innovation and exploration that its namesake, Leonardo da Vinci, was famous ...

In a few short years, NASA plans to launch the DAVINCI mission to further explore Venus, its hellish landscape, and discover if it ever had water. In 2029, NASA plans to launch the DAVINCI mission ...

DAVINCI is the first mission to study Venus using both spacecraft flybys and a descent probe. In a recently published paper, NASA scientists and engineers give new details about the agency’s Deep ...

Set to launch in 2029, DAVINCI will investigate the origin and development of Venus and why it diverged from Earth. It will begin its mission with two gravity assist flybys of the planet, during which ...

We often tend to think of Mars when talking about Earth's twin, probably because of the way the Red Planet has been glorified on paper, on screens, and in the dreams of space adventurers. But that’s a ...

On the left, a new and more detailed view of Venus’ Alpha Regio region developed by scientists on NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus, due to launch in the early 2030s. On the right is a less detailed map ...

Venus is one of the most awesome, mysterious, and deceiving planetary objects in our entire solar system. While its bright, reflective clouds give the impression of a beautiful, majestic planet, the ...