Venus Missions

current Missions

Messenger - NASA Mercury Orbiter Venus Flyby - (2004)

• Calendar
• Teleconference - June 4, 2007

Venus Express

• Calendar
• Instruments
• Status
• Opportunities
• Education
• ESA Press Release

Related Internet Sites

• ESA - Venus Express seeks out gases below the clouds
• ESA - VIRTIS Observations of Venus' Lower Atmosphere
• ESA Venus Orbiter (2005)
• Science & Technology: Venus Express Fact Sheet
• Science & Technology: Venus Express - First European Mission to Venus
• BBC News: All aboard the Venus Express?
• Mission: Venus Express
• Venus Express Mission Would Explore Sister Planet Mysteries
• Universe Today - Venus Express is Assembled
• Venus Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Venus-Express: Europe's mission to Venus
• Venus Express

In the News

• BBC - All aboard the Venus Express?
• Space.Com - Venus Express Mission Would Explore Sister Planet
• Universe Today - Venus Express is Assembled

Other Links

• Wikipedia Venus Express
• UK Goes to the Planets Venus Express: Venture to Venus
• Max Planck Society Venus-Express: Europe's mission of Venus
• Planet C - JAXA Venus orbiter (2007)
• BepiColumbo - ESA / JAXA possible Venus flyby (2009)

Documents

• Mission Definition Report
• Venus Express - First European Mission to Venus
• Venus Express SWT Meeting #7
  Minutes of meeting held at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
  Katlenberg-Lindau
  June 2–3, 2003
• Venus Express - A European Venus Orbiter
  Science Management Plan
• Venus Express: Consolidated Report on Mission Analysis
• Venus Express Ground Segment Summary Status at MERR
  Manfred Warhaut
  Venus Express Ground Segment Manager
  ESA/ESOC (OPS-OP)

Future Missions

Venus Climate Orbiter Mission (PLANET-C) of Japan

Establishment of Planetary Meteorology with Venus Exploration
Dr. Masato Nakamura

Past Missions

Magellan
NASA Venus radar mapping mission (1989–1994)
Magellan Mission to Venus from JPL Archive

Pioneer Venus
NASA orbiter/probes to Venus (1978–1992)
Overview of Pioneer Venus from NSSDC

Galileo
NASA mission to Jupiter (Venus flyby 1990)
Overview of Galileo mission from NSSDC

Vega 1
Soviet mission to Venus and Comet Halley (Venus flyby - 1985)
Overview of Vega 1 mission from NSSDC
Soviet Venus images

Vega 2
Soviet mission to Venus and Comet Halley (Venus Flyby - 1985)
Overview of Vega 2 mission from NSSDC
Soviet Venus images

Venera
Soviet Venus missions (1961–1983)
Overview of Venera missions from NSSDC
Soviet Venus images

Mariner 10
NASA mission to Venus and Mercury (1973–1975)
Overview of Mariner 10 mission from NSSDC
Overview of Mariner 10 mission from JPL

Mariner 5
NASA Venus flyby (1967)
Overview of Mariner 5 from NSSDC
Overview from Mariner 5 from JPL

Mariner 2
NASA Venus flyby (1962)
Overview of Mariner 2 from JPL
Overview from of Mariner 2 from NSSDC

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