VERITAS – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:55:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg VERITAS – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 VERITAS Mission to Map Venus Later This Decade https://www.maproomblog.com/2021/06/veritas-mission-to-map-venus-later-this-decade/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:55:24 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1791231 More]]> Artist's concept of the VERITAS mission to Venus (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Artist’s concept of the VERITAS mission (NASA/JPL-Caltech).

VERITAS is one of two missions to Venus announced by NASA last week. Expected to launch between 2028 and 2030, VERITAS will produce an improved map of the Venusian surface with its two instruments: synthetic aperture radar to generate a high-resolution 3D topographic map, and a spectral emissions mapper to map rock types. News coverage: CNN, Global News, Slate, The Verge. Background from NASA; analysis from the Planetary Society.

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