Envision Latest News

• Latest Envision news letter on LinkedIn
• ​​​​​​​Take note of our current “Call for Expression of Interest” to become a member of the ESA: Astronomy Working Group, Solar System and Exploration Working Group, Space Science Advisory Committee. The closing date is 1 July 2026, 12:00 (noon) CEST.
• ​​​​​​​The​​​​​​​ Envision SRS instrument just got a new name - VESPER! 
• The Grand Unified Venus GIS v1.1 - an output of the European Space Agency VERATAC PRODEX contract 4000144802 - is now available. The Venus science community is welcome to provide suggestions, additions and corrections to the developer.
• The Lorentz centre "Roadmap to the Exploration of Venus Habitability" workshop was held on 9-13 February 2026, Leiden, the Netherlands. The workshop objectives and summary is presented in the video link.
• The NASA contribution to Envision has become uncertain, following the on-going NASA FY2026 operating plan finalization and the FY 2027 budget estimate.
• Have a look at our latest video, announcing our mission movie in the making - "Envision this".
• Follow also our ESA Space Science Bluesky and LinkedIn accounts for more news.

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Further stories

• Envision minisite, for ESA stakeholders and the general public, was lauched by ESA on 28 January 2025.
• Venus Climate Database v2.3 available, as well as a database tutorial available here.
• The Envision mission adoption report (also called Envision Red Book) is available here.
• Successful VERITAS mission campaign in Iceland, also joined by EnVision scientists.
• Envision International Venus Science Workshop: 9-11 May 2023, Berlin, Germany.
• Testing of EnVision Sub-surface Radar Sounder (SRS) antenna.
• ESA preparing the EnVision mission spacecraft.

Vacancies

• The Earth and Planetary Geodynamics (EPG) research group at the University of Freiburg, Germany, has announced a fully funded PhD position here​​​​​​​ (the instructions how to apply can be found in the link). The review of the applications will start on June 22 2026.
• Vacancies at ESA can be found here: https://jobs.esa.int/

Call for ideas

• ESA OSIP platform for submission of proposals for science and/or technology activities.
• ESA OSIP platform for application for PhD and post-doc co-funding.

ESA Invitations To Tender

• ESA Invitations To Tender (ITTs) for contracted activities can be found on the esa-star website.