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Will NASA's Next Mission to Venus Be a Balloon?


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Potential Venus spacecraft

An artist's illustration of Venus and a potential future spacecraft, a joint U.S.-Russian project that would send an orbiter and lander there. This is but one of several mission concepts now being pursued by planetary scientists lobbying for what they bel

Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech

After decades of neglect, hellish and cloud-enveloped Venus—sometimes called Earth's evil twin—is a world ready and waiting for renewed exploration.

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