大多数行星科学家会告诉你，金星探索的黄金时代是在一代人以前。如今情况即将改变。
Most planetary scientists will tell you the heyday of Venus exploration was more than a generation ago. That is about to change.
两项NASA任务正按计划在2030年代初发射前往金星。首个任务被称为深层大气金星贵族气体、化学与成像调查（DAVINCI），目前定于2030年12月发射，比原计划提前一年。DAVINCI将派出带降落伞辅助的下降探测器穿越金星大气层，返回自1982年以来首次直接拍摄的金星表面图像。第二个任务金星发射率、无线电科学、InSAR、地形与光谱（VERITAS）将于2032年11月发射，从轨道上用雷达绘制金星表面图。
Two NASA missions are on track to launch to Venus in the early 2030s. The first, known as the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging (DAVINCI), is now scheduled for launch in December 2030, a year earlier than previously planned. DAVINCI will send a parachute-assisted descent probe through the atmosphere of Venus, returning the first direct images of the planet's surface since 1982. A second mission, Venus Emissivity, Radio science, InSAR, Topography, And Spectroscopy (VERITAS), will follow with a launch in November 2032 to map the Venusian surface by radar from orbit.
欧洲航天局正在建造另一颗轨道器Envision，计划于2032年发射前往金星。金星探测舰队可能早在明年就启动，届时火箭实验室计划发射一架私人资助的探测器，以寻找金星云层中有机物的迹象。
The European Space Agency is building another orbiter, Envision, for launch to Venus in 2032. The Venus armada might get started as soon as next year, when Rocket Lab aims to launch a privately funded probe to search for signs of organic material in the planet's clouds.