 with the recent announcement that Venus could be holding building blocks for life in its upper atmosphere. Space agencies around the world are gearing up for a rendezvous of nations at the mysterious planet. Wait till you hear this. The second planet from the sun is often coined Earth's evil twin on account of it being almost the same size of the Earth, but instead it's plagued with a poisonous atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a sweltering 470 degrees celsius surface. Its high pressure and temperature is hot enough to melt lead and destroy the spacecraft that dare to land upon it. And thanks to this dense atmosphere it's even hotter than the planet Mercury which orbits closer to the sun and some think that Venus was once much different than we currently acknowledge. Scientists aim to explore the mysteries of Venus including whether it was once habitable with a new space mission. Experts in the United Kingdom will play a leading role in the Envision Project studying the atmosphere and geology of the planet Venus. The project is commissioned as part of the European Space Agency's Cosmic Vision program. It will look at past and present volcanic activity and track gases that are key in sustaining Venus' clouds and environmental formations, as well as to find out why the Earth is the only planet in the solar system able to sustain life. The Envision Orbiter is expected to launch in 10 years and it will take about 15 months to reach the planet. And once it arrives it will spend a further 16 months slowing down in a process called Aerobraking until it reaches a low circular orbit. Upon touchdown it will commence a 4 year study using instruments including a sounder to reveal underground layering as well as spectometers to study the atmosphere and the surface. The NASA-2 chose two Venus projects of its own known as Veritas and DaVinci Plus. But Envision will carry six experiments of its own. The principle sensor will be a synthetic aperture radar that will pierce the thick clouds of the planet to map the surface features in high resolution. A second radar will sound below surface features to a depth of around half a mile. Three of its remaining four instruments are spectometers that will look for hotspots on Venus and track gases in its atmosphere. From previous missions to Venus there are what looks like hundreds of thousands of volcanoes. What the mission team wants to know however is how many are still active today and how they affect the planet's environment and if they could ignite comet-like features? Maybe. By going for repeat imaging of the restricted regions of the planet the hope is new lava flows can be detected and measured. Envision will also have a radio experiment to measure the effects of gravity and how strong it occurs on Venus. What do you guys think about this new exploration of the planet Venus? 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