Mission concept · Venus Exploration · Selected

EnVision

ESA's Venus orbiter, working alongside the NASA Venus missions to understand why Earth's near-twin became so inhospitable — studying the planet as a whole system.

Venus Exploration ESA Target: Venus

Highlights

›Europe's contribution to the Venus renaissance

Mission goals

›Study Venus from its inner core to its upper atmosphere
›Characterise surface activity and atmosphere–surface coupling

Technology

An orbiter with radar and spectrometers, in partnership with NASA.

Status & uncertainties

Adopted by ESA; final launch date and instrument details are still being fixed.

Knowledge connections

Member of groupVenus Exploration
Associated withESA
Associated withVenus

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.

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