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Europe’s first mission to Venus, providing an unprecedented global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour. In particular, it investigated Venus's noxious atmosphere and clouds in detail, and mapped the planet’s surface temperatures. More @Wikipedia
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- ESA - Venus Express - European Space AgencyEurope’s first mission to Venus, providing an unprecedented global picture of our nearest planetary neighbour. In particular, it investigated Venus's noxious atmosphere and clouds in detail, and mapped the planet’s surface temperatures.
- ESA Science & Technology - Venus Express: mission overviewVenus Express was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 9 November 2005. It arrived at Venus on 11 April 2006 and braked into a highly elliptical (250 × 66 000 km), near-polar orbit which was specifically chosen to ensure the maximum scientific return.
- ESA - Venus Express - European Space AgencyVenus Express was ESA's first spacecraft to voyage to our nearest planet; it was built around the design of Mars Express, making it quicker and cheaper to develop. It studied the planet's complex dynamics and chemistry, and the interactions between the atmosphere and the surface, which provided clues about the surface’s characteristics.
- ESA - Venus Express overview - European Space AgencyVenus Express was ESA's first spacecraft to study our nearest planetary neighbour. In particular, it investigated the noxious atmosphere and clouds in detail and made global maps of the planet’s surface temperatures. Venus approaches twice as close to Earth as Mars ever does.
- ESA Science & Technology - Venus Express - European Space AgencyVenus Express was ESA's first mission to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour. The spacecraft was optimised for studying the atmosphere of Venus, from the surface right up to the ionosphere. It arrived at Venus in April 2006 and continued operating for more than eight years.
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