Venus Express
A roll script
12 Oct 05
Images of Venus (full planet, fly-by surface, cut to Venus Express launch preparations)
Venus is our nearest planetary neighbour, yet no spacecraft has been there for 15 years. The planet is almost identical to Earth in size, but the two have little else in common. It was Mars that captivated the world, whilst Venus remained a relatively forgotten planet. Now, the European Space Agency ESA is about to unlock more of its mysteries. Its new spacecraft Venus Express, will be launched on a Soyuz, Russia's most reliable rocket launcher, on the morning of 26th October from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
During SOT, cut to computer graphics of sounding Venus
SOT Marcello Coradini, Co-ordinator for Solar system Missions, ESA Science Programme
What we don't know yet very well is the total atmospheric composition and dynamics of the atmosphere, and particularly the interaction of the atmosphere with the surface. With the spectrometers on board Venus Express we'll be a

SHOT LIST
Times from 10:00:00:00
00.00 Venus Express A-Roll (2'36"")
02.37 GVs Venus Express in clean room
03.07 GVs Soyuz rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome
04.10 GFX Stills of Venus and Earth
04.41 GFX Venus Express mission
06.11 GFX Venus turning and Venus surface
08.00 GFX Magellan mission to Venus
08.35 GVs Venus Express testing at Baikonur Cosmodrome
09.14 GVs ESOC control room and testing Venus Express
10.17 SOUNDBITE 1 - Marcello Coradini, ESA (English)
10.51 SOUNDBITE 1 - Marcello Coradini, ESA (French)
11.25 SOUNDBITE 2 - Marcello Coradini, ESA (English)
11.57 SOUNDBITE 2 - Marcello Coradini, ESA (French)
12.23 SOUNDBITE 2 - Marcello Coradini, ESA (Italian)
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