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Venus Express launch postponed several days

21 October 2005

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Artist's impression of the Venus Express orbit insertion

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Artist's impression of the Venus Express orbit insertion on 11 April 2006. In this phase of the mission, the most challenging since launch, the spacecraft's main engine burns for about 50 minutes, to reduce its speed with respect to Venus to allow the the spacecraft to be captured by the planet's gravitation.

Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab

Looking at Venus