ESA - Venus Express - Archive

ESA title

The mission

Europe’s first mission to Venus, providing an unprecedented global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour. In particular, it investigated Venus's noxious atmosphere and clouds in detail, and mapped the planet’s surface temperatures.

The journey

Launch date: 9 November 2005
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-Fregat launcher
Venus arrival: 11 April 2006
Mission end: December 2014

1^st ESA Venus mission
7 instruments
1270 kg launch mass
8 years of operation

Venus Express

Is Venus volcanically active?

Science & Exploration

Have Venusian volcanoes been caught in the act?

03/12/2012 17161 views 44 likes

Venus terminator

Science & Exploration

A curious cold layer in the atmosphere of Venus

01/10/2012 17014 views 28 likes

Transit of Venus as seen from Canberra, Australia

Science & Exploration

Transit of Venus wows astronomers worldwide

06/06/2012 4780 views 0 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

ESA missions gear up for transit of Venus

04/06/2012 3710 views 3 likes

Science & Exploration

Get ready for the transit of Venus!

24/05/2012 2299 views 1 likes

Venus

Science & Exploration

Could Venus be shifting gear?

10/02/2012 15497 views 22 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

ESA finds that Venus has an ozone layer too

06/10/2011 13630 views 15 likes

Animation of planet Venus

Science & Exploration

Venus holds warning for Earth

30/11/2010 25423 views 17 likes

Science & Exploration

Venus Express finds planetary atmospheres such a drag

07/10/2010 3514 views 5 likes

Venus in the ultraviolet

Science & Exploration

Was Venus once a habitable planet?

24/06/2010 23098 views 47 likes

Venus Express

Enabling & Support

Surfing an alien atmosphere

21/04/2010 2368 views 1 likes

Science & Exploration

Venus is alive – geologically speaking

08/04/2010 9580 views 24 likes

Science & Exploration

New map hints at Venus' wet, volcanic past

14/07/2009 7033 views 7 likes

Atmospheric investigations by Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Watching Venus glow in the dark

24/02/2009 4527 views 2 likes

Mars Express

Science & Exploration

ESA extends missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth’s magne…

10/02/2009 2398 views 0 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Where did Venus’s water go?

18/12/2008 25886 views 30 likes

Venus in the ultraviolet

Science & Exploration

Venus comes to life at wavelengths invisible to human eyes

03/12/2008 4713 views 1 likes

Earth atmosphere’s molecules detected by Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Venus Express searching for life – on Earth

10/10/2008 5061 views 7 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

First set of Venus Express data goes public

22/09/2008 427 views 0 likes

Wind circulation on Venus

Science & Exploration

How windy is it on Venus? Venus Express answers

18/09/2008 11047 views 10 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Closing in on Venus

17/07/2008 1851 views 1 likes

Southern hemisphere of Venus in the ultraviolet

Science & Exploration

New details on venusian clouds revealed

30/05/2008 4563 views 3 likes

Hydroxyl detected in the Venusian atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Key molecule discovered in Venus’s atmosphere

15/05/2008 4886 views 2 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Two years of spying on Earth’s twin planet

11/04/2008 1038 views 3 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

Venus Express reboots the search for active volcanoes on Ve…

04/04/2008 2576 views 3 likes

The eye of the hurricane

Science & Exploration

The puzzling 'eye of a hurricane' on Venus

13/03/2008 6768 views 2 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Mars and Venus are surprisingly similar

05/03/2008 25554 views 17 likes

The light and dark of Venus

Science & Exploration

The light and dark of Venus

21/02/2008 8178 views 8 likes

Molecules in the Venusian atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Venus Express seeks out gases below the clouds

04/02/2008 2707 views 1 likes

‘A breath of Venus’ - an educational film

Science & Exploration

Christmas greetings from Venus – with a new educational film

18/12/2007 1702 views 2 likes

Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Venus reveals its turbulent atmosphere and water loss

29/11/2007 465 views 0 likes

Venus loses hydrogen through the wake

Science & Exploration

Caught in the wind from the Sun

28/11/2007 6249 views 0 likes

South polar dipole mosaic

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere of Venus

28/11/2007 4681 views 5 likes

Vertical profiles of pressure on Earth and Venus

Science & Exploration

The unexpected temperature profile of Venus’s atmosphere

28/11/2007 19058 views 8 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth’s twin planet?

28/11/2007 1074 views 0 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth’s twin planet?

28/11/2007 21471 views 16 likes

Venus Express detects evidence of lightning

Science & Exploration

Climate and Evolution

28/11/2007 5151 views 1 likes

Oxygen airglow over clouds at Venus

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere - page two

28/11/2007 879 views 0 likes

South polar dipole movie – different view

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere - page one

28/11/2007 1347 views 1 likes

Plasma environment at Venus

Science & Exploration

Atmosphere and solar wind

28/11/2007 1191 views 0 likes

Science & Exploration

Latest Venus Express results - media pages

28/11/2007 1231 views 0 likes

Global view of Venus

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth's twin planet?

28/11/2007 3473 views 0 likes

Venus south polar vortex in false colour

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere - page three

28/11/2007 1370 views 0 likes

Science & Exploration

Temperatures

28/11/2007 1211 views 1 likes

Sketch of greenhouse effect on Venus

Science & Exploration

Climate and evolution

28/11/2007 1115 views 0 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

ESA to present the latest Venus Express results to the media

20/11/2007 1156 views 1 likes

Venus’ surface as seen by the VMC

Science & Exploration

Lifting the Venusian veil, two years since launch

09/11/2007 2476 views 0 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

Setting stars reveal planetary secrets

05/11/2007 2474 views 2 likes

Venus Express

Science & Exploration

New isotope molecule may add to Venus’ greenhouse effect

10/10/2007 2644 views 0 likes

Venus’ fickle atmosphere (colour image)

500 days at Venus, and the surprises keep coming

03/09/2007 2505 views 0 likes

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