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Venus within ESA probe reach

31 March 2006

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An artist's impression of the first firing test of the Venus Express spacecraft main engine, being performed in space during the night of 16/17 February 2006. The burn started at 01:27 CET and lasted about three seconds.

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Looking at Venus

ESA’s Venus Express to reach final destination

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