NASA's DAVINCI Engineering Model Tested for Venusian Conditions

Recently, NASA has completed thermal testing of an engineering of DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging). This thermal test is to prove that engineering concepts to protect from Venus' scorching temperatures of over 850 degrees Fahrenheit. This will be the first intentional NASA mission to reach Venus' surface. In 1978, NASA sent four small probes to study the Venusian atmosphere. They were expected to fail before reaching the surface, and therefore, surface data was not in the mission profile, but, they landed anyway, successfuly measuring many factors on the Venusian surface and one lasted over an hour in 91 atmospheres of pressure, and close to 900 degree temperatures.