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Venus Life Finder Habitability Mission: Motivation, Science Objectives, and Instrumentation
Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Christopher E. Carr +10
For over half a century, scientists have contemplated the potential existence of life within the clouds of Venus. Unknown chemistry leaves open the possibility that certain regions…
Direct In-Situ Capture, Separation and Visualization of Biological Particles with Fluid-Screen in the Context of Venus Life Finder Mission Concept Study
Robert E. Weber, Janusz J. Petkowski, Monika U. Weber
Evidence of chemical disequilibria and other anomalous observations in the Venusian atmosphere motivate the search for life within the planet's temperate clouds. To find signs of a…
Recovering Phosphine in Venus' Atmosphere from SOFIA Observations
Jane S. Greaves, Janusz J. Petkowski, Anita M. S. Richards +3
Searches for phosphine in Venus' atmosphere have sparked a debate. Cordiner et al. 2022 analyse spectra from the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and infer…
Deducing the Composition of Venus Cloud Particles with the Autofluorescence Nephelometer (AFN)
Darrel Baumgardner, Ted Fisher, Roy Newton +11
The composition, sizes and shapes of particles in the clouds of Venus have previously been studied with a variety of in situ and remote sensor measurements. A number of major quest…
Rocket Lab Mission to Venus
Richard French, Christophe Mandy, Richard Hunter +8
Regular, low-cost Decadal-class science missions to planetary destinations will be enabled by high-ΔV small spacecraft, such as the high-energy Photon, and small launch vehicles, s…
Mission Architecture to Characterize Habitability of Venus Cloud Layers via an Aerial Platform
Rachana Agrawal, Weston P. Buchanan, Archit Arora +8
Venus is known for its extreme surface temperature and its sulfuric acid clouds. But the cloud layers on Venus have similar temperature and pressure conditions to those on the surf…