Question: what tools are used to study venus?
Answer: ASPERA (Analyser of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms)
MAG (Venus Express Magnetometer)
PFS (Planetary Fourier Spectrometer)
SPICAV/SOIR (Ultraviolet and Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer)
VeRa (Venus Radio Science Experiment)
VIRTIS (Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer)
VMC (Venus Monitoring Camera)