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[astro-ph.IM] The next step for Venus exploration after the remote sensing missions of the early 2030s will be in-situ aerial platforms, the Venus equivalent of rovers for Mars.
Sophisticated Venus balloon technology is already under development and presents an opportunity for the United Kingdom to act as a bilateral partner in missions exploring key questions about the volcanic and geological history of Venus, the potential habitability of the Venus clouds, and Venus as an analogue for exoplanets.
White paper written for the UKSA Space Frontiers 2035 programme.
Maureen Cohen, Joanna Egan, Martin Airey, Karen Aplin, Gilles Bailet, Paul Byrne, Chris Castelli, Charles Cockell, Nathan Mayne, Blair McGinness, Ingo Mueller-Wodarg, John Plane, Julia Semprich, Denis Sergeev, Wencheng Shao, Alexander Stott, Roland Young
Comments: 11 pages, UKSA Space Frontiers 2035
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
Cite as: arXiv:2610.27038 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:2610.27038v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.27038
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From: Maureen Cohen
[v1] Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:28:38 UTC (1,018 KB)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.27038
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