Venus Express

Venus Express (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April 2006 and began continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus. Equipped with seven scientific instruments, the main objective of the mission was the long term observation of the Venusian atmosphere. The observation over such long periods of time had never been done in previous missions to Venus, and was key to a better understanding of the atmospheric dynamics. ESA concluded the mission in December 2014.

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VEx
orbiter, Starsem, Soyuz-FG, 

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2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

orbital activity

2015-01-18T00:00:00Z

2015-01-18T00:00:00Z

loss of signal

2005-11-09T00:00:00Z

2005-11-09T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2015-02-01T00:00:00Z

2015-02-01T00:00:00Z

atmospheric entry

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Venus Express in orbit (crop)

Venus Express in orbit

Unfriendly Neighbor (2780983089)

The Evening Star a Double Take (2859183621)

Hot Wind (2873188820)

Catastrophe from the Clouds (2963973027)

The Evening Star in a New Light (3083434398)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Venus Express in orbit (crop)		Commons
commons	image		Venus Express in orbit		Commons
commons	image		Unfriendly Neighbor (2780983089)		Commons
commons	image		The Evening Star a Double Take (2859183621)		Commons
commons	image		Hot Wind (2873188820)		Commons
commons	image		Catastrophe from the Clouds (2963973027)		Commons
commons	image		The Evening Star in a New Light (3083434398)		Commons