Objectives and priorities for Europe in space will soon be discussed at a Ministerial meeting in Berlin. On 5 and 6 December, the Ministers in charge of space activities within […]
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Venus Express Launch Successful, Orbit Expected in April
Europe’s Venus Express satellite is expected to enter orbit around the second planet from the sun in April to begin 16 months of observations in what officials say is the latest example of making maximum use of Europe’s limited space budget.
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Venus Express en route to probe the planet’s hidden mysteries
The European spacecraft Venus Express has been successfully placed into a trajectory that will take it on its journey from Earth towards its destination of the planet Venus, which it […]
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Venus Express set for launch to the cryptic planet
A dense curtain of mysteries surrounding Venus, the hot and hazy sister planet to Earth, awaits to be opened after the launch of Venus Express, the next planetary probe of […]
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Venus Express set for launch to the cryptic planet
A dense curtain of mysteries surrounding Venus, the hot and hazy sister planet to Earth, awaits to be opened after the launch of Venus Express, the next planetary probe of […]
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Evidence for more dust than ice in comets
Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 made by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft after the Deep Impact collision suggest that comets are ‘icy dirtballs’, rather than ‘dirty snowballs’ as previously believed. Comets spend […]
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Comets, Asteroids, and Much More – Small Bodies, The Solar System’s New Zoo
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Educator Conference – December 3-4, 2005, Pasadena, Ca. The solar system is full of objects and new discoveries take place almost daily. Some of these objects […]
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Venus Express launch campaign starts
ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has just completed its last phase of testing in Europe and is ready to be shipped to its launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. […]
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Venus Express To Be Shipped to Cosmodrome for Oct. Launch
Managers of Europe’s Venus Express orbiter plan to ship the satellite to Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome Aug. 6 on the assumption that Russia’s Soyuz rocket family, which is now grounded, will be cleared for flight in time for a planned October launch.
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Venus Express – ready to study Venusian atmosphere
Venus Express, the first European space probe to investigate the planet Venus has completed the development, integration and test phase in Toulouse. Venus Express is being manufactured by EADS Astrium […]
