Scheduled For Launch
In 2029, the probe will search for clues about Venus' potentially habitable past.
New Paper Details Upcoming Journey
A daring mission that could shed new light on the scorching hot planet’s mysterious, and potentially habitable, past.
Upon Its Arrival At The Second Planet
From the Sun, the probe will plunge through Venus’ atmosphere, ingesting its gases for approximately one hour before landing on the planet’s surface
DAVINCI Is Designed
To act as a flying chemistry lab, and it will use its built-in instruments to analyze Venus’s atmosphere.
DAVINCI Is Short For Short For
Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, DAVINCI is one of three upcoming missions planned for Venus.
NASA’s Last Mission
To Venus, Magellan, arrived at the planet in 1989 and wrapped up science operations in 1994.