Venus Express main engine burn ended   Venus Express orbit insertion     11 April 2006   Ground controllers at ESA’s European Spacecraft Operations Centre (ESOC) confirmed the end of the Venus Express main engine burn at 10:07 today. Watch the press conference    A few more automatic operations should now follow to reorient the spacecraft towards the Sun (so-called ‘sun acquisition mode’) and then have one of the spacecraft’s high gain antennas (the HGA 2) oriented towards Earth, ready to establish the first communication link with ground control.     Feature  •   ESA astronaut C. Nicollier on voyaging to Venus (mms://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/audio/cn_venus.mp3)  •  VOI highlights and press conference (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMIRONFGLE_0.html)  •  ESApod: Venus Express (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMHXANFGLE_0.html) VOI updates  •  Venus Express’ initial orbit matches expectations (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMY1SNFGLE_0.html)  •  Venus Express 'talks' to Earth (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMZ7QNFGLE_index_0.html)  •  Venus Express reappears from behind Venus (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQPPNFGLE_index_0.html)  •  Pre-planned thrill - Venus Express disappears behind Venus (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMXKPNFGLE_index_0.html)  •  Venus Express main engine burn starts (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM7CPNFGLE_index_0.html)  •  Venus Express slews and prepares to ‘brake’ (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM77PNFGLE_index_0.html)  •  Venus Orbit Insertion timeline (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMMM0NFGLE_index_0.html)  •  Looking at Venus (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/index.html)  •  ESA’s Venus Express to reach final destination (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM0UGNFGLE_index_0.html) Related articles  •  Venus within ESA probe reach (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEME02NFGLE_index_0.html)  •  And now… straight to Venus! (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMIMWMVGJE_index_0.html)  •  Successful Venus Express main engine test (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMVX5MVGJE_index_0.html)  •  First light for the Venus Monitoring Camera (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLWVULWFE_index_0.html)  •  Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMK9UJBWFE_index_0.html)  •  Venus Express mission operations update (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEM780738FE_0.html)  •  Venus Express en route to probe the planet's hidden mysteries (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM56Q638FE_index_0.html) Related links  •  Venus Express operations (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM7QMQJNVE_0.html)  •  Webcam from ESOC (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMN3Y274OD_index_0.html)