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Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteries

9 November 2005

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The Soyuz FG-Fregat vehicle carrying Venus Express, ESA's first probe to Venus, lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 04:33 CET on 9 November 2005.

Credits: ESA / STARSEM-S. CORVAJA

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Prof. David Southwood, Director of ESA Science programmes, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Starsem and Arianespace, congratulating each other after successful spacecraft separation, after the launch of Venus Express, 9 November 2005.

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The fully integrated Soyuz FG-Fregat vehicle carrying Venus Express, ESA's first probe to Venus, is transferred and erected on launch complex, in Baikonour, Kazakhstan. The Venus Express spacecraft launch is now scheduled for Wednesday, 9 November 2005, at 03:33 GMT (4:33 CET).

Credits: ESA/STARSEM-S. CORVAJA

Full speed ahead for Venus

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Animation showing the Venus Orbit Insertion (VOI) burn (where Venus Express fires its engine to slow down enough to be captured by the gravity of Venus and enter orbit).

Credits: ESA / AOES Medialab

Exploring other planets to better understand planet Earth

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