The Venus Exploration Analysis Group
The Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VExAG) is a community-based forum of the Venus exploration community, and is designed to provide scientific input and technology development plans for planning and prioritizing the exploration of Venus over the next several decades. Open to all interested scientists, VEXAG regularly evaluates Venus exploration goals, scientific objectives, investigations, and critical measurement requirements, including especially recommendations in the NRC Decadal Survey and the Solar System Exploration Strategic Roadmap.
Breaking News
There will be Venus community meeting at LPSC 2025 on Wednesday, March 12, at noon, in the Creekside Park room. Remote connection details were sent in the Venus listserve email from March 6.
Our Resources webpage has been updated with the planned activities from our Venus Research Resources working group.
Findings of the 2023 VEXAG meeting are now available in the Findings, Endorsements, and Questions (FEQ) document in the Document section.
Presentations and Recordings of the 2024 VEXAG meeting are available here: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/vexagnovember2024/technical_program/
The VEXAG Exploration strategy is expected to be finalized and presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in March. See the White paper for the draft. It’s not too late to send in your comments and input! ../documents/white-papers/Venus-White-Paper-Draft-for-Community-Input.pdf
VEXAG welcomes new Steering Committee members: Kelsey Crane, Jacob Izraelevitz, Piero D’Incecco, and Robbie Herrick. We also sincerely thank the members rotating off after 3 years of service: Molly McCanta, and Jason Rabinovitch. See About Us page for details.
Unveil Venus: Why is Earth's sister planet so different?
VEXAG was established by NASA in 2005 to identify scientific priorities and opportunities for the exploration of Venus, Earth’s sister planet. The group is community-run and community-directed, with open membership and a Steering Committee for which applications are solicited annually. It actively seeks and gathers input from the scientific community and communicates findings to the NASA Planetary Advisory Committee and Headquarters. The VEXAG provides findings to NASA Headquarters, but does not make recommendations. VEXAG findings, publications, and products are community-generated and may not reflect offical NASA opinion or policy.
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Archive at groups.google.com/a/psi.edu/g/venus/
Details about VEXAG, including its purpose, activities, organization, and processes can be found in the VEXAG Terms of Reference.
Venus and VEXAG White papers
Decadal Survey White Papers
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Venus White Paper Google Doc Directory
Venus Decadal Survey White Papers 2020
Upcoming Meetings
56th LPSC
March 10-14, 2025
Houston, TX/Virtual
Recent Meetings
22nd Meeting of the Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG)
November 17-19, 2024
Louisville, Kentucky/Virtual
Code of Conduct
VEXAG is committed to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, age, race, religion, or other protected status. We do not tolerate harassment of meeting participants in any form. VEXAG expects that all participants will abide by this Code of Conduct, creating an environment free from harassment, discrimination, disruption, incivility, or violence of any kind. We expect participants to exercise consideration and respect in their speech and actions and refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior.