Free Astronomy Magazine July-August 2021

JULY-AUGUST 2021 N amed for visionary Renaissance artist and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, the DAVINCI+ mission will bring 21 st -century technologies to the world next door. DAVINCI+ may reveal whether Earth’s sister planet looked more like Earth’s twin planet in a distant, possibly hospitable past with oceans and continents. [NASA/GSFC] surface undergoes physical and chemical changes. DAVINCI+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chem- istry, and Imaging, Plus) will com- bine an orbiter with a descent probe to study atmospheric compo-