The advancement of technology has allowed astronomy to make great discoveries, such as new planets, stars or satellites, including galaxies or even black holes. Being able to launch satellites such as those of SpaceX or other space companies into outer space have allowed human beings to collect very valuable information for future research. While human beings have already managed to deploy robots on Mars, this time it will be two probes that will reach Venus .
There have already been many space missions that have been carried out to better understand all the planets in the Solar System, but it never hurts to continue collecting information.
You want to know Venus better
Specifically, next week, on August 9 and 10, two probes will arrive on this planet with a difference of 30 hours between the two to avoid possible problems between the two. For many experts, Venus is a planet very similar to ours.
Going to these planets that are so far from ours requires a very large energy consumption by these probes.
In addition, it is necessary to ensure that these probes are able to move through space without the need for rockets, something that has been working for more than 50 years. For example, there was once a mission (Pioneer 11) that took advantage of Jupiter’s pull of gravity to propel an aircraft toward Saturn and gain more speed.
However, achieving this seems like a rather complicated task . While one of the probes will observe the poles of the Sun, the other will try to reach Mercury after passing through Venus and being in orbit around this planet thanks to its solar electricity propulsion system.
The probe that will arrive on the 9th will pass at a distance of almost 8,000 kilometers from Venus , while the one that will do so the following day will pass less than 600 kilometers from the planet.
One of the probes will not take pictures
The first probe has a problem: it will not be able to capture high quality images since it will be oriented upside down in order to make the solar panels face the sun and obtain energy from it.
For its part, the second probe has two cameras that will be able to capture black and white images, but not of very high quality.
During these two trips by both probes, the two will collect a lot of information about the magnetic environment and the plasma that is on Venus. In addition, both probes will be able to be controlled by a spacecraft that is already there, in orbit around the planet.
It is hoped that with all the information obtained, everything collected will be useful for a space mission that is planned to be carried out on Venus during the next decade.