Evolution of space drones for planetary exploration: A review

M Hassanalian, D Rice, A Abdelkefi - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
In the past decade, there has been a tendency to design and fabricate drones which can
perform planetary exploration. Generally, there are various ways to study space objects …

The atmospheric dynamics of Venus

A Sánchez-Lavega, S Lebonnois, T Imamura… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
We review our current knowledge of the atmospheric dynamics of Venus prior to the
Akatsuki mission, in the altitude range from the surface to approximately the cloud tops …

The Venusian lower atmosphere haze as a depot for desiccated microbial life: a proposed life cycle for persistence of the Venusian aerial biosphere

S Seager, JJ Petkowski, P Gao, W Bains, NC Bryan… - Astrobiology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
We revisit the hypothesis that there is life in the venusian clouds to propose a life cycle that
resolves the conundrum of how life can persist aloft for hundreds of millions to billions of …

Infrared observations of the Saturnian system from Voyager 1

R Hanel, B Conrath, FM Flasar, V Kunde, W Maguire… - Science, 1981 - science.org
During the passage of Voyager 1 through the Saturn system, the infrared instrument
acquired spectral and radiometric data on Saturn, the rings, and Titan and other satellites …

[图书][B] Introduction to circulating atmospheres

IN James, IN James - 1995 - books.google.com
This book gives an account of the modern view of the global circulation of the atmosphere. It
accounts for the observed nature of the circulation and theories and simple models of the …

Measurements of thermal structure and thermal contrasts in the atmosphere of Venus and related dynamical observations: Results from the four Pioneer Venus probes

A Seiff, DB Kirk, RE Young… - Journal of …, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal structure of the atmosphere of Venus, and differences in structure with latitude (up
to 60°) and clock hour (from midnight to 8 AM) have been measured in situ from an altitude …

Structure of the Venus neutral atmosphere as observed by the Radio Science experiment VeRa on Venus Express

S Tellmann, M Pätzold, B Häusler… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The European Space Agency Venus Express Radio Science experiment (VeRa) obtained
118 radio occultation measurements of the Venusian atmosphere between July 2006 and …

How waves and turbulence maintain the super-rotation of Venus' atmosphere

T Horinouchi, YY Hayashi, S Watanabe, M Yamada… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Venus has a thick atmosphere that rotates 60 times as fast as the surface, a phenomenon
known as super-rotation. We use data obtained from the orbiting Akatsuki spacecraft to …

The structure of the Venus ionosphere

LH Brace, AJ Kliore - Space Science Reviews, 1991 - Springer
Our current knowledge of the spatial structure of the Venus ionosphere and its temporal
behavior is reviewed, with emphasis on the more recent Pioneer Venus measurements and …

Mean winds at the cloud top of Venus obtained from two-wavelength UV imaging by Akatsuki

T Horinouchi, T Kouyama, YJ Lee, S Murakami… - Earth, Planets and …, 2018 - Springer
Venus is covered with thick clouds. Ultraviolet (UV) images at 0.3–0.4 microns show detailed
cloud features at the cloud-top level at about 70 km, which are created by an unknown UV …