ESA Begins Designing Probe to Explore Deep Within Venus' Hellish Atmosphere - ExtremeTech

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a new mission to Venus, where its EnVision probe could conduct detailed science that has never been possible before. First, engineers have to figure out how to keep the spacecraft from blowing itself to bits as it d…

Venus is considered Earth’s sister planet because they’re about the same size and have similar compositions. That’s where the similarities end, though. Once scientists got a close-up look at Venus, t… [+3021 chars]

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