L'équipe de la mission Vénus Express à pied d'oeuvre   Artist's impression of the ESA spacecraft Venus Express in orbit around Venus, launch date 26 October 2005. Orientation du moteur pour le freinage     VEX mission control team in MCR during training for launch, October 2005 Ces manoeuvres critiques nécessitent une extrême précision     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. Release date: 27 mars 2006