VERITAS
The VERITAS mission
VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) is an upcoming mission from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to investigate the planet Venus. The combination of topography, near-infrared spectroscopy, and radar image data will provide knowledge of Venus's tectonic and impact history, gravity, geochemistry, the timing and mechanisms of volcanic resurfacing, and the mantle processes responsible for them.
Scientific publications
Cascioli, G., F. De Marchi, P. Racioppa, D. Durante, L. Iess, S. Hensley, et al. (2021). The determination of the rotational state and interior structure of Venus with VERITAS, The Planetary Science Journal 2, 220.https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac26c0
Cascioli, G., D. Durante, E. Mazarico, M. Wallace, S. Hensley, and S. Smrekar (2023). Improving the VERITAS orbit reconstruction using radar tie points, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 60, 366-373. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.A35499
Cascioli, G., J. P. Renaud, E. Mazarico, D. Durante, L. Iess, S. Goossens, and S. Smrekar (2023). Constraining the Venus interior structure with future VERITAS measurements of the gravitational atmospheric loading. The Planetary Science Journal 4, 65. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acc73c
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