"NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to    
   Venus between 2028 and 2030 – its first in decades – to study the    
   atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet and    
   better understand why the two emerged so differently.   
      
   The U.S. space agency said it was awarding about $500 million each to    
   develop the two missions, dubbed DAVINCI+ (short for Deep Atmosphere    
   Venus Investigation of Noble Gases, Chemistry and Imaging) and    
   VERITAS (an acronym for Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR,    
   Topography and Spectroscopy).   
      
   DAVINCI+ will measure the composition of the dense, hothouse    
   atmosphere of Venus to further understand how it evolved, while VERITAS    
   will map the planet’s surface from orbit to help determine its geologic    
   history, NASA said."   
      
   See:   
      
   https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210603-nasa-announces-fir   
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