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Mission control team readies for Venus arrival

27 March 2006

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Artist's impression of the ESA spacecraft Venus Express in orbit around Venus, launch date 26 October 2005.

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Pointing engine for braking

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VEX mission control team in MCR during training for launch, October 2005

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Venus Express in great shape

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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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Andrea Accomazzo, SOM, in MCR during VEX launch, 9 November 2005.

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Looking at Venus

ESA’s Venus Express to reach final destination

Venus within ESA probe reach And now… straight to Venus!Successful Venus Express main engine test First light for the Venus Monitoring Camera Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete Venus Express mission operations update Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteries