Venus Life Finder

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Venus Life Finder is a planned Venus space probe designed to detect signs of life in the Venusian atmosphere. Slated to be the first private mission to another planet, the spacecraft is being developed by Rocket Lab in collaboration with a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The spacecraft will consist of a Photon Explorer cruise stage which will send a small atmospheric probe into Venus with a single instrument, an autofluorescing nephelometer, to search for organic compounds within Venus's atmosphere. It is the first mission in the Morning Star Venus exploration program. Originally planned for launch in May 2023, the probe is now planned to launch when the Neutron rocket will be ready.

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