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- Venus Express was ESA's first spacecraft to voyage to our nearest planet; it was built around the design of Mars Express, making it quicker and cheaper to develop. It studied the planet's complex dynamics and chemistry, and the interactions between the atmosphere and the surface, which provided clues about the surface’s characteristics.
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While Mars Express was wrapped into a black thermal insulation to retain some heat in the coldness of the outer Solar System, Venus Express bears 27 layers of kapton insulation with a shiny golden upper cover to evacuate as much thermal radiation as possible.
- ESA - Venus Express - European Space Agency
Venus Express was ESA's first spacecraft to voyage to our...
- ESA - Venus Express - European Space Agency
Nov 9, 2005 · Venus Express was ESA's first spacecraft to voyage to our nearest planet; it was built around the design of Mars Express, making it quicker and cheaper to develop. It studied the planet's complex dynamics and chemistry, and the interactions between the atmosphere and the surface, which provided clues about the surface’s characteristics.
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.
Nov 9, 2005 · The Venus Express spacecraft was an adapted copy of Mars Express. The spacecraft body itself, termed a ‘bus’, was a honeycombed, aluminium box about one and a half metres wide. With its solar arrays extended, it measured about eight metres across.
Nov 10, 2020 · ESA's first mission to Venus began in March 2001, with a call for ideas from the scientific community on how best to reuse the spacecraft platform developed for Mars Express.
Venus Express is ESA's first mission to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour, Venus. The mission was born after ESA asked for proposals, in March 2001, suggesting how to reuse the design of the Mars Express spacecraft. The guidelines were extremely strict.
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Venus Express was ESA's first mission to Earth's nearest planetary neighbour. The spacecraft was based on the Mars Express platform, with some modifications primarily due to the different thermal environment at Venus.
