Unlocking Venus' Mysteries: The DAVINCI Mission

Embark on a celestial journey with NASA's Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging (DAVINCI) mission! Launching in 2029, this groundbreaking mission aims to unravel the mysteries of Earth's enigmatic sister planet, Venus.

🪐🛰️ DAVINCI carries an array of cutting-edge instruments, including the Compact Ultraviolet to Visible Imaging Spectrometer (CUVIS) and the Venus Imaging System for Observational Reconnaissance (VISOR). These tools will capture data on Venus' day and night sides, probing its upper atmosphere, clouds, and geological highlands regions.

🔍🛠️ The DAVINCI descent sphere, equipped with the Venus Tunable Laser Spectrometer (VTLS), Venus Mass Spectrometer (VMS), Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation (VASI), and Venus Descent Imager (VenDI), will plunge into Venus' extreme environment. This daring descent aims to provide direct measurements of the atmosphere and offer a bird's eye view of the mysterious surface below the clouds.

🌋🌐 Join us as DAVINCI explores the Alpha Regio "tessera," a mountainous highland region with rocks that may hold clues to Venus' ancient past. The mission's data, including insights from the Venus Oxygen Fugacity experiment (VfOx), promises to rewrite the textbooks on Venus and enhance our understanding of similar planets in distant solar systems.

🤝🚀 DAVINCI is a collaborative endeavor between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Lockheed Martin, supported by instruments from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Malin Space Science Systems, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and the University of Michigan. Get ready to witness the next chapter in planetary exploration! #DAVINCIMission #VenusExploration #PlanetaryScience