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Venus Express Blasts Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

kitzilla writes "The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe has been successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mission's first attempt was scrubbed last month after technicians spotted a problem with the lift vehicle. In about five months, Venus Express will pull into orbit around our closest planetary neighbor and begin five months of scheduled observations. On the short list of mission objectives: a detailed mapping of Venus' surface, a survey of the planet's complex atmosphere, and a look into the possibility of active Venusian volcanoes."

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  1. Re:Or... by Back+Slider+1969 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, Yahoo spawns thread.

  2. The original Venus Express by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    MP3 RA
    Between Lives Implants" lecture, SHSBC #317. 23 July 1963.
    "Mary Sue gave the cue on this thing. She said, "Look at how hard they have to work to keep you from being OT!" Hey, now, that's quite a thought! Isn't that quite a thought? Hm? Now you look at this. You look at this, now. The complete idiocy of it. Somebody sits up on Venus -- there are probably some other stations around up in the system. This one's on Venus. I notice that we all believe that Venus has a methane atmosphere and is unlivable. I almost got run down by a freight locomotive the other day -- didn't look very uncivilized to me. I'm allergic to freight locomotives, they're always running into you." L. Ron Hubbard