ESA - Venus Express - Archive

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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

Global view of Venus

Science & Exploration

Venus: Earth's twin planet?

28/11/2007 3523 views 0 likes

Venus south polar vortex in false colour

Science & Exploration

The restless atmosphere - page three

28/11/2007 1396 views 0 likes

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Temperatures

28/11/2007 1231 views 1 likes

Sketch of greenhouse effect on Venus

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Climate and evolution

28/11/2007 1133 views 0 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

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ESA to present the latest Venus Express results to the media

20/11/2007 1179 views 1 likes

Venus’ surface as seen by the VMC

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Lifting the Venusian veil, two years since launch

09/11/2007 2527 views 0 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

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Setting stars reveal planetary secrets

05/11/2007 2522 views 2 likes

Venus Express

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New isotope molecule may add to Venus’ greenhouse effect

10/10/2007 2701 views 0 likes

Venus’ fickle atmosphere (colour image)

500 days at Venus, and the surprises keep coming

03/09/2007 2562 views 0 likes

MESSENGER bids farewell to Venus

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Venusian rendezvous results: chapter one

19/07/2007 2682 views 2 likes

Venus Express

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Venus Express and MESSENGER to look at Venus in tandem

04/06/2007 3573 views 1 likes

Observing Venus from ground

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Ground-based observatories join forces with Venus Express

23/05/2007 2217 views 0 likes

VIRTIS composite video of Venus’ south polar vortex

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Venus Express’ infrared camera goes filming

07/05/2007 2604 views 2 likes

The contrast: Venus, Earth and Mars

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Climate catastrophes in the Solar System

26/04/2007 2674 views 3 likes

Zoom-in on Venus’ oxygen airglow

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One year at Venus, and going strong

11/04/2007 2832 views 0 likes

Venus and the constellation Pleiades side-by-side

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Venus and Pleiades unite for celebration!

11/04/2007 3259 views 2 likes

Multiple views of Venus’ clouds

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Tracking alien turbulences with Venus Express

03/04/2007 3114 views 1 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

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The planetary adventure continues - Mars Express and Venus …

27/02/2007 2439 views 1 likes

Temperature maps of Venus’ surface

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

14/12/2006 4745 views 5 likes

Polar vortices at Venus and Saturn compared

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Saturn joins Venus in the vortex club

24/11/2006 4040 views 1 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

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Venus Express wins Popular Science’s ‘Best of What’s New’ a…

14/11/2006 1312 views 1 likes

'Thin' cloud layer close to Venus' South pole

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Happy birthday, Venus Express!

09/11/2006 2485 views 1 likes

Radiation from below the Venusian cloud deck

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Complex meteorology at Venus

13/10/2006 3053 views 4 likes

Global dynamics of Venus northern hemisphere

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Flying over the cloudy world – science updates from Venus E…

12/07/2006 7669 views 5 likes

Double vortex at Venus South pole

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Double vortex at Venus South Pole unveiled!

27/06/2006 16556 views 7 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

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Venus Express has reached final orbit

09/05/2006 4021 views 2 likes

Dark Vortex over South Pole of Venus

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Unexpected detail in first-ever Venus south pole images

13/04/2006 5874 views 0 likes

Venus Express project scientist briefs media

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Venus Express media event highlights

11/04/2006 790 views 0 likes

ESA DG congratulates flight team

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Venus Express’ initial orbit matches expectations

11/04/2006 964 views 0 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express orbit insertion

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Europe scores new planetary success: Venus Express enters o…

11/04/2006 14494 views 3 likes

Venus Express orbit insertion

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Venus Express main engine burn ended

11/04/2006 1038 views 2 likes

Venus Express orbit insertion

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Venus Express reappears from behind Venus

11/04/2006 769 views 0 likes

Artist's view of Venus Express communicating with Earth

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Venus Express 'talks' to Earth

11/04/2006 1524 views 3 likes

Venus Express orbit insertion

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Pre-planned thrill - Venus Express disappears behind Venus

11/04/2006 964 views 0 likes

Animation of Venus Express at Venus

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Venus Orbit Insertion timeline

11/04/2006 2720 views 3 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

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ESA’s Venus Express to reach final destination

07/04/2006 3076 views 0 likes

Artist's view of Venus Express main engine firing in space

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Venus within ESA probe reach

31/03/2006 1953 views 0 likes

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Amateur eyes on a hot planet

30/03/2006 454 views 0 likes

The Venus Express spacecraft

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Join ESA on the Venus observation campaign

17/03/2006 1829 views 2 likes

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The passion of Venus

17/03/2006 420 views 0 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express' trajectory

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And now… straight to Venus!

03/03/2006 1549 views 1 likes

Grand Prize winner 'Ominous Beauty' by Tatianna Cwick, age 17

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Winning postcards from Venus chosen

02/03/2006 2321 views 3 likes

Artist's impression of the Venusian surface

Science & Exploration

Postcards from Venus: enter the Planetary Society Art Conte…

16/12/2005 21888 views 3 likes

Mars Express's OMEGA instrument adds detail to Candor Chasma

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New findings from Titan and Mars

30/11/2005 1219 views 1 likes

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New results from Titan and Mars

30/11/2005 1842 views 1 likes

First light for Venus Express camera

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First light for the Venus Monitoring Camera

30/11/2005 2576 views 0 likes

Earth and Moon system as seen by VIRTIS-M

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Earth-Moon observations from Venus Express

25/11/2005 4658 views 1 likes

Ground Segment Manager Manfred Warhaut: end of LEOP

Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete

11/11/2005 2082 views 3 likes

Venus Express Flight Control Team in ESOC's MCR

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"Venus Express, give me a GO/NO GO for launch..."

09/11/2005 1255 views 1 likes

Soyuz-Fregat carrying Venus Express lifts off

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Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteri…

09/11/2005 2598 views 0 likes

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