Testing NASA's VERITAS Venus Mission Instruments in Iceland: Stunning Photos

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is conducting field tests in Iceland using its airborne F-SAR radar sensor and an infrared imager called V-EMulator to study lava flows, as a strong analog for what the VERITAS Venus mission might find on Venus' volcanic surface. The mission, which has been delayed indefinitely, aims to understand the evolution of Venus' surface and rocky planets in general. The DLR is also testing V-EMulator, a prototype for the Venus Emissivity Mapper that will be installed on VERITAS.