Veritas is back on this week on planetary radio.

I'm Sir Al Ahmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond.

Fans of the planet Venus were saddened in late 2022 to find out that one of NASA's upcoming Venus missions called Veritas had been defunded.

But what do we say when space missions we love get defunded? Not today.

Darby Dyer, the deputy principal investigator

for NASA's Varyta's mission,

makes a triumphant return to planetary radio

as we celebrate victory for Veritas. But first, we'll take a look at the

U.S. House of Representatives budget request for NASA and how will impact programs

like Artemis and Mars Sample Return. With Casey Dreyer, our chief of space policy

here at the Planetary Society.

We'll close out our show with a bit of Olympic cheer

as Bruce Betts, our chief scientist,

shares a new random space fact in what's up.

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ways to know the Cosmos and are placed within it.

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has moved forward with a funding

bill for NASA in the fiscal year 2025. That's one more step toward

finalizing next year's budget for the agency. Of course there's good and bad news to come out of it. This budget request

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