Memories of solar impact from seven ESA spacecraft have been collected and analyzed in a first-of-its-kind study to better understand the radiation environment in space. Huge amounts of engineering data has been used to reveal ...
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2023
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Our sister planet Venus is a dynamic and unusual place. Strong winds swirl around the planet, dragging thick layers of cloud with them as they go. These fierce winds move so speedily that they display 'super-rotation': Earth's ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2018
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It was a hell of a ride to our hellish sister planet. Eight long years of studying Venus is way more than ESA scientists were expected from its mission. Venus Express spacecraft that launched on Nov. 9, 2005 and entered the ...
Space Exploration
Feb 3, 2015
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Back in 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the The Venus Climate Orbiter "Akatsuki" with the intention of learning more about the planet's weather and surface conditions. Unfortunately, due to ...
Space Exploration
Jan 7, 2015
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Most of us have seen the aurora borealis, also called the northern lights, which paint the night sky with a multi-colored glow. These ghostly lights also show up in the southern hemisphere. But the light show on Venus is ...
Space Exploration
Dec 3, 2014
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Is it snowing metal on Venus? Erika Kohler is trying to find out.
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2014
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For the first time, ESA is providing regular space-weather reports for a spacecraft orbiting another planet.
Space Exploration
Jun 9, 2014
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This sequence of images was taken by the Ultraviolet/Visible/Near-Infrared spectrometer (VIRTIS) on board ESA's Venus Express spacecraft between 12 and 19 April 2006, during the first orbit (capture orbit) around the planet.
Space Exploration
May 19, 2014
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Following India's maiden Mars probe launch earlier in the month, last week saw the successful launch of the Martian Atmospheres and Volatiles Evolution mission, or MAVEN for short.
Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2013
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Venus Express has completed an 'aerodrag' campaign that used its solar wings as sails to catch faint wisps of the planet's atmosphere. The test used the orbiter as an exquisitely accurate sensor to measure atmospheric density ...
Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2010
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