ISRO-powered Venus expedition: Top 5 facts about the Shukrayaan mission

 

Following the success of the Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 missions, ISRO is preparing to launch its forthcoming Venus expedition. ISRO's Venus expedition has been renamed the Shukrayaan mission, and ISRO chief S. Somanath has provided an update. According to Somanath, the project payloads are now completely built. ISRO Chairman spoke to the Indian National Science Academy in Delhi on the unique properties of planet Venus and how Earth's atmosphere, like Shukrayaan's, might become hazardous in the future. Examine the importance of the Venus expedition.

Top 5 facts about the ISRO Venus mission

• According to an ANI report, ISRO Chairman indicated that the Venus mission is ready for flight and that the payloads have been prepared. "We have a lot of missions in the conceptual phase," Somanath explained. A mission to Venus has already been planned. Payloads for it have already been produced." 
• Somanath goes on to explain why researching Venus is vital, citing its uniqueness and how studying the planet can assist solve many concerns about space and science.
• It has been said that Venus's atmosphere is extremely thick and acidic. ?The atmospheric pressure is 100 times that of Earth,? he added. This prevents scientists from inspecting the planet's surface. 
• Venus is the second planet from the sun and the closest to Earth. It is one of the four inner rocky planets and, in terms of size and density, is considered Earth's twin.
• Other space organizations have recently completed various Venus projects, including ESA's Venus Express, which ended in 2016, Japan's Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter, which is still orbiting the planet, and NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which has performed multiple flybys. With the Shukrayaan mission, India will now be able to study the planet for the first time.
• ISRO is yet to divulge additional information about the Venus mission, including its plans and cargo, in order to offer a better picture of how the project will be carried out and what secrets it hopes to uncover.