Flying the (Mostly) Friendly Skies: Northrop Grumman Developing Airplane to Cruise the Atmosphere of Venus

Artist’s conception of the Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform (VAMP) aircraft in the atmosphere of Venus. Image Credit: Northrop Grumman artist’s concept

With so much attention now on the rovers and spacecraft at Mars, Saturn, Ceres, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and soon, Pluto, it may seem like Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, Venus has been forgotten again. But no, [...]