Questions tagged [venus]
Questions regarding the second planet from the Sun.
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What if a Space Shuttle entered the atmosphere of Venus?
How would a U.S. Space Shuttle's atmospheric entry on Venus differ from reentry on Earth? Say there's a Space Shuttle in a low Venus orbit performing a (re-)entry burn. How would the following ...
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Why is there no plan for a Venus orbiter by ESA or NASA?
A rather complete-looking Wikipedia List of solar system probes enumerates only a few proposed future missions to Venus:
Reading popular science magazines suggests that it would make sense to go ...
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How do space agencies choose arrival dates to planets (i.e. Mercury) from a gravity assist (i.e. Venus)?
Assuming I was looking for arrival opportunities from 2020 to 2030, how can I calculate the possible arrival dates to Mercury given a departure date from a gravity assist from Venus?
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What are ALL the characteristics for for human habitability of worlds?
We've got a good head start at our original table here, but is there anything else we need or have missed that impact on human habitability of worlds? It's helpful to compare and contrast places in ...
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What's the current state of Venus orbital infrastructure?
As per this Wikipedia article there have been a total of 5 orbiters successfully deployed to Venus:
Venera-15
Venera-16
Magellan
Venus Express
Akatsuki
Of which only the Akatsuki seems to be ...
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Vacuum tube microchips for Venus probe; feasibility and challenges?
Venus surface temperature is around 460C which makes conventional semiconductors useless. So nasa proposed a clockwork rover, drawing power from wind and using springs and gears to navigate the ...
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What is the closest distance a human being has come to Venus ever since the beginning of the space age?
In line with this question, ever since we started space exploration, what is the closest a living human being has come to Venus?
All I can find on this matter is that the closest distance Venus and ...
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Arrhenius' calculation of the temperature of Venus
In this answer, we learn that in the early 1900s, Nobel Prize winner Svante Arrhenius believed that Venus was covered in lush swamps. His book on this matter, "the destinies of the stars", ...
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How to determine heat transfer for survival on Venus?
I'm trying to determine how long a probe could survive on Venus' surface. Assuming its just a sphere of titanium with room temperature air inside, what would be the best method for determining the ...
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What does the discovery of phosphine mean for the future of venusian exploration? [closed]
There have been proposals (1, 2, 3, 4,...) to send probes into the atmosphere of Venus, but these proposals haven't been selected by space agencies to fly. Some balloons were sent in the 80's, but ...
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Is the surface environment of Venus corrosive?
Venus famously has clouds of concentrated sulfuric acid in its upper atmosphere. Frequently I will see posts here citing the acidity of the atmosphere as a challenge to probes on the surface (such as &...
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How certain are we that we have not accidentally sent life to other planets/moons?
Recently phosphine was discovered on Venus, and that led to some speculation that life exists on Venus because phosphine is a known biosignature on Earth.
Considering that we've sent probes to Venus ...
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Why did the Soviet Union stop exploring Venus in 1985?
Wikipedia has a list of missions to Venus. The Soviet Union has the first and highest number of both attempts and successful missions to Venus. Starting in 1961, they often attempted more than one ...
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What altitude would an aphrodiosynchronous satellite need?
A geosynchronous orbit has a period of 24 hours, and mostly stays over the same location on the surface of the Earth. According to this blogger, the equivalent term for Venus should be "...
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What is the Opaque Component of Venus' Atmosphere
My understanding is that carbon dioxide makes up the majority of the Venusian atmosphere, and carbon dioxide is transparent. Even liquid CO2 is transparent!
Yet despite this Venus is enveloped in a ...
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What would the Venus landers look like today?
Between 1966 and 1985, several probes, mostly of Soviet design, successfully landed on Venus. Many of them continued operating long enough to send back audio, images, and various measurements, though ...
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How did 20 radio observatories track balloons of the 1985 Venus-Halley (VeGa) mission in Venus' superrotating winds at an altitude of about 54 km?
Links in Phys.org's recent The detection of phosphine in Venus' clouds is a big deal, and here's how we can find out if it really is life lead to:
Aerial Platforms for the Scientific Exploration of ...
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A balloon in the Venus atmosphere?
Was there any proposal or study for a balloon in the Venus atmosphere?
A spacecraft can enter in the atmosphere and inflate a balloon to fly for a few days or weeks.
That can help collecting a lot of ...
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Was Venus once seriously believed to be lush under its cloud cover?
Mars was once believed to have canals, and some astronomers seriously argued that they were artificial.
The atmosphere of Venus was first observed in 1761. Wikipedia kind of skips over the period ...
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Significance of Venus surface photos
Out of curiosity, I started looking for photos of Venus surface taken by various Russian probes. There is a nice collection here: http://mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm
Not being a geologist, I ...
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Phosphine, yes — but where are the organic compounds on Venus?
There has been much speculation in recent news about the finding of phosphine on Venus, and what may be producing it.
At the same time, when we look for clues of life elsewhere in the Solar System, we ...
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Why wasn't the phosphine in Venus' atmosphere detected by space probes?
Today, it was announced that phosphine has been found in Venus' atmosphere, rekindling the discussion about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Venus has been visited by space probes for about ...
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How often have signs of life been dismissed as abiotic?
Today, there are rumors about an upcoming announcement of the discovery of (non-conclusive) evidence for life on Venus, apparently they detected some phosphorus compound that is not produced by any ...
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How much payload capacity is available for a Rocketlab Photon interplanetary mission to Venus?
I've been quite interested in Rocketlab's Photon satellite bus, which they claim to be able to send to Venus. I'm trying to get some kind of an idea of what kind of payload might possible be able to ...
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Harvesting Venus atmosphere to Terraform Mars
Since Mars has such a thin atmosphere, to Terraform we would need massive amounts of Nitrogen. Would it make sense to import it from Venus?
Also since venus's atmosphere is mostly co2, and we can make ...
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Would it be easier to put humans on Venus rather than Mars?
With all the speculation of manned missions to Mars, there is very little talk of a manned mission to Venus (whose orbit is closer to the orbit of Earth than mars is). That being said, would it be ...
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Mining Venus' surface using lasers?
One of the issues with colonizing Venus is the harsh conditions at the surface. People have proposed using floating habitats in the upper atmosphere, where conditions are milder, and gathering ...
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Taking photos from Venus surface from an airship. Possible?
On planet Venus at ground level temperature level is about 450Ā°C which seems to high for electronic devices such as a camera.
Could electronic devices and a camera on a airship just below the clouds ...
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Using Venus' Atmosphere to Cool the Earth [closed]
The Starfish Prime nuclear test on July 9, 1962 caused massive fluctuations and degradation of the Earth's magnetic field. This field is largely responsible for redirecting the Sun's solar radiation. ...
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What are the teeth on the edge of Venera 13 and 14?
From top to bottom, Venera 9, 10, 13A, 13B, 14A and 14B.
Venera 13 and 14 have some kind of teeth on the edge of the lander. What purpose do these serve? Why didn't Venera 9 and 10 have them?
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How far can you see on the surface of Venus?
As from the images by Venera probes, it seems to me that on Venus you can't see as far as on Earth, e.g. you can't see the horizon, because it's so misty there. Venera 9 and 10 shots.Venera 14 shot. ...
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When is the next Transit of Venus from Mars?
When will the next transfer of Venus take place from the perspective of Mars?
Will the next human to view one be a Martian?
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To cool down Venus, from where would be the most economical way to bring the shadowing material into orbit around the planet?
Edit: With the help of comments below, I've changed the question somewhat.
Credit: NASA, Image processed from Mariner 10 images by R. Nunes http://www.astrosurf.com/nunes
It could seem that ...
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Surface Rock Temperature of Venus
The average surface temperature of Venus is said to 460 degrees Celsius.
What I'd like to know, is that the temperature of the air in contact with an near the surface, or is that the temperature of ...
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Heat shield on Venus
On Venus, the conditions are really extreme in terms of heat and pressure.
Say we take many layers of rockets' lab heat shield for Electron (which I am not sure what is made of). Could it provide ...
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What performance can be expected from chemical rockets under Venusian atmospheric conditions?
Is it feasible to use either solid or bipropellant liquid rocket engines to lift off from the surface of Venus?
"Reference datum" air pressure on Venus is around 9.3 MPa; even on the top of, say, ...
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Why did ESA's Solar Orbiter mission's target inclination drop from 34 to 25°?
Wikipedia says that:
During the planned 7-year mission the orbital inclination will be raised to about 25Ā°
But the information below shows that originally the target final inclination was much ...
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Could a fan be used to prevent overheating on a Venus bound space probe?
I saw something saying that the circuits on a Venus bound space craft would overheat and basically ruin the the spacecraft.
Is that true?
If so, could they install fans to keep the circuits cool?
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Venus-Mars-Venus cycler?
Is it possible to create a cycler that can travel from Venus to Mars, then back to Venus? Using as little delta-V as possible.
To expound a bit further, it would need to travel from Venus to Mars ...
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What is the atmospheric composition of Venus at the 34 mile (50 km) altitude of the proposed HAVOC program?
Various people over the past 60ish years have suggested floating habitats in the high-altitude Venusian atmosphere, as the pressure, gravity, and temperature are comparable to Earth. The premise is ...
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What would be the challenges for a 50 km long tether to the surface of Venus to get recurrent surface samples there?
Basalt fiber would be an excellent material for a tether in the atmosphere of Venus because it could withstand both the acidity and the high temperature near the surface there.
From this answer about ...
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Is the retrograde (clockwise) rotation rate of Venus speeding up or slowing down?
In the update of the question "Would it be possible to "ride the wave" on Venus ?" there are links to articles in Science and in Science News that report that the atmosphere of Venus, hitting the ...
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Venus without the greenhouse
What would have been the approximate surface temperatures and pressure on Venus if its atmospheric composition was like the Earth's that is ,being composed primarily of nitrogen and oxygen,rather ...
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Could a solar sail composed of smart glass stay near the L1 point of Venus?
From answers to this question i've learned that the Lagrangian L$_1$ point of Venus is not stable, despite the almost circular orbit of the planet and the fact that it has no moon.
Nevertheless would ...
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Launch to orbit delta-v penalty from Venus compared to Earth?
Thinking about the no atmosphere caveat here made me think of Venus, which is the opposite of no atmosphere for solid/rocky bodies in our solar system.
Earth's low orbital velocity is about 7.8 km/s. ...
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Piece of debris in Venera 13 surface photos
(Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
In the Venera 13 Surface photo there is a piece of debris visible (the big thing slightly left of center). It looks like a sort cover, but maybe ...
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Should there not be a sulfuric acid free zone in the atmosphere above the equator of Venus?
The circulation in the troposphere of Venus follows an almost purely zonal flow, with windspeeds of about 100 m/sec at 60-70 km altitude, which corresponds to the upper cloud deck. These winds quickly ...
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Could HāSāOā (peroxydisulfuric acid), made in the clouds of Venus, be used for making a propellant?
The salts of the peroxydisulfate ion, S$_2$O$_8$$^2$$^-$, are strong oxidants like the perchlorates that are used in propellants for rockets.
In this answer on Chemistry stackexchange is a link to a ...
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Could the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere of Venus be heated enough by concentrated sunlight to create water and oxygen?
The atmospheric pressure and temperature at about 50 to 60 km above the surface of Venus is nearly the same as that of the Earth, making its upper atmosphere the most Earth-like area in the Solar ...
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Would it be achievable to use the first stage of a launch to Venus as the envelope of an airship in its atmosphere?
Like the Orbiter Vehicle of the Space Shuttle was mounted on its external tank, the "gondola", the crewcar of the airship, could be likewise mounted on the last stage of the launch rocket, that would ...
