Facing the alternative of a fiery death, the ESA’s Venus Express orbiter has completed a daring maneuver that extended the life of the unmanned explorer by several months. Under command from Earth, ...

ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has just completed its last phase of testing in Europe and is ready to be shipped to its launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. One and a half years after ...

After eight years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express has completed routine science observations and is preparing for a daring plunge into the planet’s hostile atmosphere. Venus ...

Artist's concept of Europe's Venus Express spacecraft, which has been studying Venus from orbit since 2006. The end may be near for Europe's venerable Venus probe. On Nov. 28, mission controllers lost ...

The Venus Express, a spacecraft launched by the ESA in 2006 to study the planet Venus and it's atmosphere, will end its eight year mission soon but scientists are pleased with the amount of data and ...

One year after its launch on 9 November 2005 and a few months into its science phase, ESA’s Venus Express keeps working well and continues to gather lots of data about the hot and noxious atmosphere ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Venus Express has ended its eight-year mission after far exceeding its planned life. The spacecraft exhausted its propellant during a series of thruster burns to ...

The end may be near for Europe's venerable Venus probe. On Nov. 28, mission controllers lost contact with the European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft, which has been circling Earth's ...