{"id":2694,"date":"2020-01-28T01:20:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T00:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2021-02-06T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:15:46","slug":"envision-conference-scope-organizers-and-key-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2020\/01\/28\/envision-conference-scope-organizers-and-key-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"EnVision, Europe&#8217;s Revolutionary Mission to Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_3097-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_3097-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2843\" width=\"742\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_3097-1.jpg 2413w, https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_3097-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_3097-1-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/files\/2020\/02\/IMG_3097-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>EnVision Paris Conference, CNES Headquarters, Feb 12-14 2020, was attended by 80 international scientists worldwide. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>EnVision is a Venus orbiter mission that will determine the nature and current state of Venus&#8217; geological evolution and its relationship with the atmosphere, to understand how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently.&nbsp;EnVision will deliver new insights into geological history through complementary imagery, polarimetry, radiometry and spectroscopy of the surface coupled with subsurface sounding and gravity mapping; it will search for thermal, morphological, and gaseous signs of volcanic and other geological activity; and it will trace the fate of key volatile species from their sources and sinks at the surface through the clouds up to the mesosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;M-class <a href=\"https:\/\/envisionvenus.eu\/envision\/mission\/#EnVision_launch_and_transfer_options\">mission would be launched&nbsp;<\/a>on an Ariane 6.2 in 2032, arriving at Venus after a five month cruise, to perform 4 years of measurements with 5 cutting-edge instruments : an S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (VenSAR), a Subsurface Radar Sounder (SRS) and VenSpec, a suite of three spectrometers and spectro-imagers : VenSpec-M (Infrared Imager), VenSpec-H (IR spectrometer), and VenSpec-U (UV spectrometer). Envision will also characterise the gravity field of Venus thanks to a Radio Science Experiment. The mission is currently in its concept study phase for a selection expected in 2021. EnVision would be an ESA mission, with a significant contribution and potential sharing of responsibilities with NASA currently under scientific, technical and programmatic assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EnVision deployment video - V13\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qOtrRU5NlIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>EnVision deployment video &#8211; M5 EnVision design based on ESA-ESTEC Concurrent Design Facility, Nov. 2018. Credit: VR2Planets &#8211; Fran\u00e7ois Civet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Venus exploration presents&nbsp;clear opportunities to address fundamental questions about the evolution of terrestrial planets and the appearance of life within our own solar system. Comparing the interior, surface and atmosphere evolution&nbsp;of Earth and Venus is essential to understanding&nbsp;what internal processes drove habitability of our own planet This is particularly true in an era where we expect hundreds, and then thousands, of Earth or Venus-sized exoplanets to be discovered.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EnVision is a Venus orbiter mission that will determine the nature and current state of Venus&#8217; geological evolution and its relationship with the atmosphere, to understand how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently.&nbsp;EnVision will deliver new insights into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/2020\/01\/28\/envision-conference-scope-organizers-and-key-dates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2694"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3025,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694\/revisions\/3025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lesia.obspm.fr\/envision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}