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Venus In situ Composition Investigations
Concept lander mission to Venus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Venus In situ Composition Investigations (VICI) is a concept lander mission to Venus in order to answer long-standing questions about its origins and evolution, and provide new insights needed to understand terrestrial planet formation, evolution, and habitability.
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VICI was one of 12 considerations for New Frontiers 4, but was not one of the two missions selected to be finalists in late 2017.