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"Venus Express" sent the first pictures of the planet
Baikonur, Russia - Fundamental European technology cameras and spectrometers
"Venus Express", ESA’s (European Space Agency) space probe launched November 9 and entered Venus orbit Tuesday (see AVIONEWS for details), started to send the first pictures of the very hot South Pole of the closest planet to Earth, so similar yet so unknown. The pictures, shot at 260.000 kilometers distance, show dark whirlpools whose presence had been suspected without being confirmed, correspondent t...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139273
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency