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Venus Resources

LPI Library Catalog

Planetary News: Venus (2006)
First Venus Express VIRTIS Images Peel Away the Planet's Clouds
By Emily Lakdawalla
April 14, 2006
The first image released from the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) aboard Venus Express reveals a subtly detailed, swirling patterns in the upper levels of Venus' thick and complex atmosphere. The image has also, for the first time, shown that Venus has a southern "polar vortex" matching the one discovered at the north pole by the Pioneer Venus mission in 1978.

Venus Express Education

Data

• LPI Venus Crater Database
• USGS Data Base of Impact Craters on Venus
  Based on Analysis of Magellan Radar Images and Altimetry Data
• NASA PDS Magellan Mission to Venus
• NASA PDS Pre-Magellan CD-Rom

Imagery

• NASA Planetary Photojournal Venus
• NASA PDS Magellan Image Data
• Soviet Venus Images

Cartography

• USGS Status of Venus Mapping
• USGS Venus Digital Maps
• USGS Map-a-Planet Venus
• USGS Venus Nomenclature Table of Contents
• Ralph Aeschliman Planetary Cartography and Graphics: Venus
  

Documents

• International Colloquium on Venus, August 10–12, 1992
• Divergent Evolution Among Earth-like Planets: The Case for Venus Exploration
• Resource Allocation Review Board - Venus Express, February 8, 2005

Technology Documents

• Balloon precursor mission for Venus Surface Sample Return (2000)
  IEEE 2001 Aerospace Conference , October 16, 2000
• Venus Surface Sample Return (2000)
  2000 IEEE Aerospace Conference , March 18, 2000
• Venus Sample Return Architectures: Surface Atmosphere Segment (1999)
  CNES, Mars Exploration Program: Sample Return , February 1–5, 1999
• A Light-Weight Inflatable Hypersonic Drag Device for Venus Entry (1999)
  AAS/AIAA, Astrodynamics Conference , September 16–19, 1999
• Venus Surface Sample Return: Role of Balloon Technology (1999)
  AIAA, International Balloon Technology , June 28– July 1, 1999
• Venus Surface Sample Return: A Weighty High-Pressure Challenge (1999)
  AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference , August 16–19, 1999
• Robotic Exploration of the Surface and Atmosphere of Venus
  55th International Astronautical Federation Congress, 2004
• Venus Surface Power and Cooling System Design
  55th International Astronautical Federation Congress, 2004
• Atmospheric Flight on Venus
  AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2002