NASA's Venus missions are back on track after cancellation threat
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NASA's two Venus missions are back on track after a cancellation threat. The DAVINCI probe, which will parachute through the Venusian atmosphere and return the first direct images of the surface since 1982, is now scheduled to launch in December 2030, a year earlier than planned. The radar-mapping VERITAS orbiter will follow in November 2032, joining the European Space Agency's Envision orbiter due to launch the same year. Rocket Lab aims to start the wave of missions with a privately funded probe searching for organic material in Venus's clouds as soon as late 2027.
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