NASA's DAVINCI Probe Undergoes Thermal Evaluation Simulating Venus's Descent Heat

NASA News Releases reported that the engineering development unit for the DAVINCI probe was photographed before a significant thermal evaluation, which simulated the heat the probe will encounter during its descent to Venus.

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According to NASA News Releases, the engineering development unit for NASA's DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) probe was photographed before a major thermal evaluation.

The DAVINCI team placed the vessel, which is described as being the size of a yoga ball, inside a chamber lined with ceramic material that had heat-scorched walls. The temperature was increased to 869 F, or 465 C, over approximately one hour, mimicking the rate at which the probe is expected to heat up while descending toward the surface of Venus.

DAVINCI is intended to investigate the origin, evolution, and current condition of Venus with a level of detail not seen before, with the goal of assisting in determining if Venus was once habitable and wet, similar to Earth.

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