Venus Express Returns to Orbit After Aerobraking Manoeuver
ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has climbed to a new orbit following its daring aerobraking experiment, and will now resume observations of this fascinating planet for at…
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ESAhangout Replay: How to Surf the Venus Atmosphere
After eight years in orbit, ESA’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and has spent the last month orbiting through the planet’s hostile atmosphere. Venus…
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After eight years in orbit, ESA’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and has spent the last month orbiting through the planet’s hostile atmosphere. Join…
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For the first time, ESA is providing regular space-weather reports for a spacecraft orbiting another planet. When your spacecraft is surfing deep into the atmosphere of…
Read the articleVenus Express Prepares for Final Dive Into Venusian Atmosphere
After eight years in orbit, ESA’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and is preparing for a daring plunge into the planet’s hostile atmosphere. Venus…
Read the articleVenus’ Winds Have Been Getting Faster Over the Last 6 Years
The most detailed record of cloud motion in the atmosphere of Venus chronicled by ESA’s Venus Express has revealed that the planet’s winds have steadily been…
Read the articleWhy Venus Behaves Like a Comet
ESA’s Venus Express has made unique observations of Venus during a period of reduced solar wind pressure, discovering that the planet’s ionosphere balloons out like a…
Read the articleTravel One Orbit With Venus Express
Bright and dark cloud bands wind around the poles of Venus in this beautiful sequence tracked by ESA’s Venus Express as it makes a rollercoaster orbit…
Read the articleAre Volcanoes Currently Erupting on Venus?
Six years of observations by ESA’s Venus Express have shown large changes in the sulphur dioxide content of the planet’s atmosphere, and one intriguing possible explanation…
Read the articleCloud Spotting on Venus
Clouds regularly punctuate Earth’s blue sky, but on Venus the clouds never part, for the planet is wrapped entirely in a 20 km-thick veil of carbon…
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