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Venus Express spacecraft- Artwork

by

ESA/D.Ducros/Novapix

Reference

e-son20-00014

Date

2007-09-05

Artist view of ESA's Venus Express probe travelling from Earth to Venus; the two planets are not shown to scale. Venus Express is ESA's first mission to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour. The 1,270-kg spacecraft was launched from Baikonur atop a Soyuz-Fregat vehicle on November 9, 2005 and arrived around the planet on April 11 2006.