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    The document provides information about past and future space missions to Venus and Jupiter. It details several satellites and landers sent to Venus to study its atmosphere and surface, including Magellan, Venus Express, and Akatsuki. It also discusses missions to Jupiter like Cassini, Ulysses, and Galileo Orbiter to study the gas giant. Future missions to both planets like DAVINCI+ and JIMO are also outlined. Key discoveries from observations of Venus and Jupiter are highlighted.

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    Solar System

    Space Missions
    Venus
    Satellites
    A lot of satellites were sent to venus before, such as:

    - Magellan, it was launched by NASA on May 4th, 1989, its scientific objective was to orbit Venus and
    map the planets surface and reveal information about its geology and tectonic activity.

    - Venus Express, the project was created by the European Space Agency, its purpose was to orbit Venus
    and study its atmosphere, climate and plasma environment, it did that from 2006 to 2014.

    - Akatsuki, launched by JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency), it entered orbit around Venus in
    2015 and it studied the planet’s atmosphere and weather patterns.

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    Magellan Venus Express Akatsuki

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    Landers
    Some examples of landers in Venus are:

    - Venera 13, a Soviet spacecraft, which landed on March 1, 1982, and transmitted data for
    about 2 hours before succumbing to the harsh environment.

    - Venera 7, launched on December 15, 1970, part of the Soviet Union Program and its main
    objective was to study the atmosphere and surface of Venus.

    - Vega, a joint mission between the soviet union and the european space agency, which
    sent two landers to Venus in 1985, the landers were sent to study the surface and return
    data.

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    Venera 13 Venera 7 Vega

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    Future Missions
    - DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus
    Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry,
    and Imaging).

    - A project by NASA.

    - Planned to be sent in 2028.

    - Its objective is to study the atmosphere


    and surface of Venus.

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    Discoveries
    - Venus has extreme
    surface temperature of
    over 460 degrees.

    - Venus has no global


    magnetic field.

    - High volcanic surface.

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    Jupiter
    Spacecrafts
    There have been many satellites sent to orbit jupiter, a few notable examples are:
    ⋆ Cassini - NASA/ESA Mission to Saturn via Jupiter (1997)

    ⋆ Ulysses - NASA/ESA Mission to study the solar wind via Jupiter (1990)

    ⋆ Galileo Orbiter - NASA Mission to Jupiter (1989), its objective was to study the atmosphere

    Since Jupiter is a gas giant it is impossible to land anything on it because there is nowhere to
    land.

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    Cassini Ullyses Galileo Orbiter

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    Discoveries
    ⋆ 1610: Galileo Galilei makes the first detailed observation of Jupiter.

    ⋆ 1973: The Pioneer 10 spacecraft becomes the first to cross the asteroid belt
    and fly close to Jupiter.

    ⋆ 1979: The Voyagers 1 and 2 discover that Jupiter has a few faint rings orbiting
    it

    ⋆ 2023: Astronomers have discovered 12 additional moons orbiting Jupiter,


    bringing up its total number of moons from 80 to 92. This discovery was made
    during observations by Scott Sheppard from the Carnegie Institution for
    Science along with his crew.

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    Future plans
    Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (2023)
    It is expected to launch in 2023
    and, after a series of flybys in the
    inner Solar System, arrive in 2031.

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    sources
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_Venus
    https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/jupiterpage.html
    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/slideshow/exploring-jupiter/#:~:text=Nine%20spac
    ecraft%20have%20visited%20Jupiter,and%20what%20they've%20discovered.
    https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/venus/
    missions.cfm
    https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-060A
    https://www.space.com/18551-venera-13.html
    https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/davinci
    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/06/world/jupiter-new-moons-scn/index.html
    https://www.planetary.org/articles/life-on-venus-new-updates
    https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/magellan/in-depth/
    https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Venus_Express
    https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/akatsuki
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    Thank You for listening

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