The Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) was established by  NASA in July  2005 to identify scientific priorities and strategy for exploration of Venus.  VEXAG is currently composed of a chair and five focus groups. The focus  groups will actively solicit input from the scientific community. VEXAG will  report its findings and provide input to NASA, but will not make  recommendations.

VEXAG Newsletter - December 2011 New!

Exploring the Planetary Science Achievable from a Balloon-Based Observatory, January 25–26, 2012, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, Ohio. Contact Tibor Kremik.

Ninth VEXAG Meeting Summary and Presentations New!

Current Missions: (links to websites)

Transit of Venus: June 5, 2012

ESA's Venus Express Mission

JAXA’s Akatsuki  (Venus Climate Orbiter, Planet-C)

Venus National Academies Planetary Science Decadal Survey (2013–2025)

 Missions: (Fact Sheets)

Venus Climate Flagship Mission (VCM)

Venus Intrepid Tessera Lander – Flagship Mission (VITaL)

Venus Mobile Explorer Flagship Mission (VME)

Venus In Situ Explorer New Frontiers Mission (VISE)

Venus Pressure Chamber Flyer

VEXAG Sponsored Meetings in 2012

A Venus Town-Hall Meeting will be held at Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 2012, Contact Sanjay Limaye.

Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets
June 25–28, 2012
Boulder, Colorado

VEXAG Meeting #10
June 29, 2012
Boulder, Colorado
Contact Mark Bullock


Last updated
January 25, 2012