Venus Express orbital success!

Just a quick note, since there isn’t a lot of info just yet, but: Venus Express has successfully entered orbit around our sister planet! Hooray!

Over the course of the next few days we’ll hear more about the health of the spacecraft, but for now everything looks great.

April 11th, 2006 10:37 AM by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Cool stuff, Science | 5 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

5 Responses to “Venus Express orbital success!”

1. Steve Sutton Says:
April 11th, 2006 at 12:00 pm

That’s good to hear. Thanks for mentioning it.
2. Tara Mobley Says:
April 11th, 2006 at 2:13 pm

Very cool. Thanks for the heads up, and I hope to stay informed.
3. grand_lunar Says:
April 11th, 2006 at 2:48 pm

Technically, wouldn’t Venus be a step-sister, given how different it’s nature is to Earth’s (atmosphere, geology, ect)?

I wonder what new discoveries will be found out.
4. Wolverine Says:
April 11th, 2006 at 4:04 pm

My hope is that ESA will post updates more frequently than we’ve seen for other recent missions (Mars Express, and particularly SMART-1).
5. Todd Slisher Says:
April 11th, 2006 at 6:41 pm

Was just reading more on this when I ran across another ‘Bad’ statement. Here’s the quote from MSNBC/Associated Press article about the golf ball stunt at the International Space Station:

“NASA officials want to make sure a bad slice or hook won’t send the golf ball careening into the spacecraft, or that a bad backswing or follow-through won’t cause Vinogradov to strike the station with his six-iron.”

The full article is posted here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12269860/

Ok folks, anyone golf? Anyone know what a slice or hook is caused by? Just too obvious, I’ll let someone else post the response.

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