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

Venus Express

Enabling & Support

Surfing an alien atmosphere

21/04/2010 2358 views 1 likes

Science & Exploration

Venus is alive – geologically speaking

08/04/2010 9564 views 24 likes

Science & Exploration

New map hints at Venus' wet, volcanic past

14/07/2009 7022 views 7 likes

Atmospheric investigations by Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Watching Venus glow in the dark

24/02/2009 4516 views 2 likes

Mars Express

Science & Exploration

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

10/02/2009 2391 views 0 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Where did Venus’s water go?

18/12/2008 25736 views 30 likes

Venus in the ultraviolet

Science & Exploration

Venus comes to life at wavelengths invisible to human eyes

03/12/2008 4697 views 1 likes

Earth atmosphere’s molecules detected by Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Venus Express searching for life – on Earth

10/10/2008 5054 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 10988 views 10 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Closing in on Venus

17/07/2008 1845 views 1 likes

Southern hemisphere of Venus in the ultraviolet

Science & Exploration

New details on venusian clouds revealed

30/05/2008 4554 views 3 likes

Hydroxyl detected in the Venusian atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Key molecule discovered in Venus’s atmosphere

15/05/2008 4878 views 2 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Two years of spying on Earth’s twin planet

11/04/2008 1035 views 3 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

Venus Express reboots the search for active volcanoes on Ve…

04/04/2008 2571 views 3 likes

The eye of the hurricane

Science & Exploration

The puzzling 'eye of a hurricane' on Venus

13/03/2008 6731 views 2 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Mars and Venus are surprisingly similar

05/03/2008 25451 views 17 likes

The light and dark of Venus

Science & Exploration

The light and dark of Venus

21/02/2008 8161 views 8 likes

Molecules in the Venusian atmosphere

Science & Exploration

Venus Express seeks out gases below the clouds

04/02/2008 2697 views 1 likes

‘A breath of Venus’ - an educational film

Science & Exploration

Christmas greetings from Venus – with a new educational film

18/12/2007 1700 views 2 likes

Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Venus reveals its turbulent atmosphere and water loss

29/11/2007 464 views 0 likes

Venus loses hydrogen through the wake

Science & Exploration

Caught in the wind from the Sun

28/11/2007 6235 views 0 likes

South polar dipole mosaic

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere of Venus

28/11/2007 4667 views 5 likes

Vertical profiles of pressure on Earth and Venus

Science & Exploration

The unexpected temperature profile of Venus’s atmosphere

28/11/2007 18945 views 8 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth’s twin planet?

28/11/2007 1071 views 0 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth’s twin planet?

28/11/2007 21435 views 16 likes

Venus Express detects evidence of lightning

Science & Exploration

Climate and Evolution

28/11/2007 5144 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 1345 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 1226 views 0 likes

Global view of Venus

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth's twin planet?

28/11/2007 3464 views 0 likes

Venus south polar vortex in false colour

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere - page three

28/11/2007 1366 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 1113 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 2466 views 0 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

Setting stars reveal planetary secrets

05/11/2007 2470 views 2 likes

Venus Express

Science & Exploration

New isotope molecule may add to Venus’ greenhouse effect

10/10/2007 2639 views 0 likes

Venus’ fickle atmosphere (colour image)

500 days at Venus, and the surprises keep coming

03/09/2007 2502 views 0 likes

MESSENGER bids farewell to Venus

Science & Exploration

Venusian rendezvous results: chapter one

19/07/2007 2616 views 2 likes

Venus Express

Science & Exploration

Venus Express and MESSENGER to look at Venus in tandem

04/06/2007 3461 views 1 likes

Observing Venus from ground

Science & Exploration

Ground-based observatories join forces with Venus Express

23/05/2007 2166 views 0 likes

VIRTIS composite video of Venus’ south polar vortex

Science & Exploration

Venus Express’ infrared camera goes filming

07/05/2007 2559 views 2 likes

The contrast: Venus, Earth and Mars

Science & Exploration

Climate catastrophes in the Solar System

26/04/2007 2591 views 3 likes

Zoom-in on Venus’ oxygen airglow

Science & Exploration

One year at Venus, and going strong

11/04/2007 2767 views 0 likes

Venus and the constellation Pleiades side-by-side

Science & Exploration

Venus and Pleiades unite for celebration!

11/04/2007 3101 views 2 likes

Multiple views of Venus’ clouds

Science & Exploration

Tracking alien turbulences with Venus Express

03/04/2007 3048 views 1 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

The planetary adventure continues - Mars Express and Venus …

27/02/2007 2401 views 1 likes

Temperature maps of Venus’ surface

Science & Exploration

Hot stuff on Venus! Venus Express sees right down to the he…

14/12/2006 4672 views 5 likes

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