Venus: Long Time, No See
The last U.S. spacecraft mission to Venus was in 1989 with the launch of Magellan. Even though Magellan spent the next five years radar mapping the surface and gathering high resolution gravity data, much remains a mystery about our so-called sister planet. Did Venus experience a run-a-way greenhouse effect at some point in its history? Why is the surface pressure 90 times greater on Venus then on Earth? Why is the planet so hot? These are only a few of the question that must be answered if we are to learn more about Venus's past and possibly Earth's future.
Venus: Long Time, No See
With so many questions and so few answers, is a U.S. Venus mission overdue?
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Video editor
- Rich Melnick (HTSI)
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Interviewees
- James Garvin (NASA/GSFC)
- Gordon Chin (NASA/GSFC)
- Cherilynn Morrow (Georgia State)
- Dennis Reuter (NASA/GSFC)
- Samuel Gulkis (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Bob Kozon (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Rich Melnick (HTSI)
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Scientists
- James Garvin (NASA/GSFC)
- Gordon Chin (NASA/GSFC)
- Cherilynn Morrow (Georgia State)
- Dennis Reuter (NASA/GSFC)
- Samuel Gulkis (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Bob Kozon (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, March 31, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.