Flying over the cloudy world – science updates from Venus Express

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:52:38 +0200

On 20 April 2006, after its first 9-day, elongated orbit around Venus, ESA’s Venus Express started to get closer to the planet, until it reached its final 24-hour long orbit on 7 May. During this time, and up to today, the spacecraft has been working relentlessly: the new data coming in are already providing first glimpses on planetary features never seen before.

More at:

http://venus.esa.int

MISSION NEWS AS OF 13 JULY

+ VENUS EXPRESS SCIENCE RESULTS AND MISSION COMMISSIONING RESULTS REVIEW

New Venus Express results from data obtained in the period mid-May to end April
are presented. During the first week of July Venus Express mission operations
have been conducted according to plan and the Mission Commissioning Results
Review was concluded successfully.

http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=39668