Venus Express reappears from behind Venus   Venus Express orbit insertion     11 April 2006   At 09:57 CEST today, ground controllers confirmed re-acquisition of the low-gain antenna signal from the Venus Express spacecraft, after 10 minutes of spacecraft occultation behind the planet.   The re-acquisition of this signal, received about six minutes before the end of the 50-minute main engine burn, confirms that Venus Express is so far moving at the expected velocity around the planet.     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/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMZ7QNFGLE_0.html)  •  Venus Express main engine burn ended (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMMYPNFGLE_0.html)  •  Pre-planned thrill - Venus Express disappears behind Venus (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMXKPNFGLE_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/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMMM0NFGLE_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/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEM0UGNFGLE_0.html) Related articles  •  Venus within ESA probe reach (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEME02NFGLE_0.html)  •  And now… straight to Venus! (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMIMWMVGJE_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/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMLWVULWFE_0.html)  •  Venus Express performs flawlessly, LEOP complete (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEMK9UJBWFE_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/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/SEM56Q638FE_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)