The Venus Exploration Analysis Group
Unveil Venus: Why is Earth's sister planet so different?
VEXAG was established by NASA in 2005 to identify scientific priorities and opportunities for the exploration of Venus, Earth’s sister planet. The group has an open membership and an 7-person Executive Committee, 3 Focus Groups, and 2 Topical Analysis Groups. Input from the scientific community is actively sought. The VEXAG provides findings to NASA Headquarters, but does not make recommendations. Stay in touch by visiting our Twitter and Facebook pages! If you have interest in becoming a member of VEXAG, please fill out the VEXAG Indication of Interest form.
VEXAG Charter
The Venus Exploration Analysis Group is NASA's community-based forum designed to provide scientific input and technology development plans for planning and prioritizing the exploration of Venus over the next several decades. VEXAG is chartered by NASA's Solar System Exploration Division and reports its findings to NASA. Open to all interested scientists, VEXAG regularly evaluates Venus exploration goals, scientific objectives, investigations, and critical measurement requirements, including especially recommendations in the NRC Decadal Survey and the Solar System Exploration Strategic Roadmap.
Venus: The Exoplanet Next Door
Decadal Survey White Papers
LPI Web-Site for White Paper Submissions
Venus White Paper Google Doc Directory
Venus White paper drafts are being shared on a google drive
Venus Strategic Documents (updated 2019)
Venus Strategic Documents Compilation
Goals, Objectives, and Investigations for Venus Exploration
Printer Friendly Combined Venus Strategic Documents
Related Documents
Venus Bridge Summary Report - April 20, 2018
VEXAG Venus Bridge Study Briefing to Thomas Zurbuchen - April 20, 2018
Aerial Platforms for the Scientific Exploration of Venus - October 2018
Venera-D Phase 2 Report – October 2-5, 2019
Upcoming Meetings
VEXAG 2021 Annual Meeting is tentatively scheduled as a hybrid face-to-face/virtual meeting for some time in November at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Recent Meetings
18th Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)
Virtual, November 16–17, 2020
17th Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)
November 6–8, 2019, LASP Space Sciences Building, Boulder, Colorado
Venus Listserve News -Subscribe at https://lists.psi.edu/mailman/listinfo/venus
Akatsuki data
Data have been archived at the PDS Atmospheres Node at http://atmos.nmsu.edu/Venus/akatsuki.html