{"id":618,"date":"2019-03-27T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2019-03-29T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T15:52:08","slug":"envision-europes-next-mission-to-venus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/envision-europes-next-mission-to-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"EnVision : Europe&#8217;s next mission to Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"background-color:#2f495d\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Welcome to the EnVision official website ! <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>EnVision is a proposed Venus orbiter mission that aims to understand how and why Venus, the Earth&#8217;s nearest neighbour, has evolved differently from the Earth. Like so many missions studying the Earth&#8217;s crust and interior structure from orbit, EnVision will study the geological activity of Venus in unprecedented detail, using a combination of radar, optical spectroscopy and gravity mapping.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EnVision would be a European Space Agency mission, with significant scientific participation from NASA. It is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/ESA_selects_three_new_mission_concepts_for_study\">one of three mission concepts competing for an opportunity to launch in 2032<\/a>. The world map you see just below is composed from a mosaic of radar images taken by the&nbsp;<em>Magellan<\/em>&nbsp;spacecraft launched May 4, 1989, at the end of the cold war. The mission ended October 13, 1994. This is a &#8220;false color&#8221; image, which means that scientists have told a computer to use different colors for different surface elevations. Blue areas show smooth surfaces, or possibly surfaces that are covered with dust. Brown areas represent rough terrain (image NASA\/GSFC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2019\/03\/venus_big-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-623\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-white-color has-blue-background-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Please explore our menus &amp; follow the links above to find more about Venus and the EnVision project !<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/2025\/02\/16\/january-28-2025-esa-and-thales-alenia-space-italy-signed-the-contract-to-build-the-spacecraft-of-envision\/\">January 28, 2025: ESA and Thales Alenia Space Italy signed the contract to build the spacecraft of Envision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/2024\/06\/16\/venus-evolution-through-time-space-science-reviews-open-access-collection-completed\/\">Venus: Evolution Through Time &#8211; Space Science Reviews open access collection completed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/2024\/03\/01\/envision-definition-study-report-redbook\/\">EnVision Definition Study Report (&#8220;Redbook&#8221;)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/2023\/05\/17\/international-envision-venus-science-workshop-9-11-may-2023-berlin-adlershof\/\">International EnVision Venus Science workshop, 9-11 May 2023, Berlin-Adlershof<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sites-lira.obspm.fr\/envision\/2022\/12\/01\/2023-international-envision-venus-science-workshop-announcement-call-for-abstracts\/\">2023 International Envision Venus science workshop &#8211; Announcement &amp; Call for Abstracts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the EnVision official website ! EnVision is a proposed Venus orbiter mission that aims to understand how and why Venus, the Earth&#8217;s nearest neighbour, has evolved differently from the Earth. 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