Progress in Venus Exploration and Key Technology Research

At present, most of humanity's scientific understanding of Venus comes from early Venus's exploration results [1] [2]. In the past 20 years, Venus exploration has been at a low tide and no further exploration missions have been carried out deep into Venus's atmosphere. The early Venus and Mars exploration missions in the United States, the Soviet Union, and Europe were almost simultaneously carried out. There had many commonalities of the technology and products between the Venus probes and Mars probes. This article conducts research on the current research status of Venus exploration, and proposed key technologies such as system design technology of Venus probe, entering into aerodynamic configuration design and heat resistant structural technology, floating system design, thermal control technology under strong external heat flux environment, which can provide reference for future Venus exploration research in China.