Scientific themes in Venus exploration

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ABSTRACT Venus, Earth’s sister planet, is of great interest for exploration. Thorough mission design and careful assessment of scientific objectives are necessary before putting a mission into practice. In this paper, we give an overview of earlier Venus exploration missions and their scientific achievements, as well as the future planned missions. According to this review and the National Mid- and Long-term Plan for Space Science in China (2024-2050), we distill the key scientific themes concerning the evolution of Venus with a particular focus on its potentially habitable atmosphere, and outline the main directions for future exploration. Furthermore, we propose key requirements for exploration strategies and payload configurations according to the scientific objectives, providing scientific support for subsequent mission demonstrations aimed at understanding the evolution of Venus and searching for possible signs of life.

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