NASA Is Sending New Missions to Venus for the First Time in 30 Years

NASA is sending two new space missions to Venus -- Earth's nearest planetary neighbor -- to better understand how the planet became the way it is.As part of NASA's Discovery Program, which began in 1992, the new missions to Venus are aimed at uncovering the differences between the inferno-like world and Earth. In a press release on Wednesday, NASA said Venus "may have been the first habitable world in the solar system, complete with an ocean and Earth-like climate."In February 2020, NASA selecte...