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Article: Venus Express enters into orbit
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 11, 2006
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Venus Express enters into orbit
PARIS, April 11 (Xinxhua) -- European Space Agency's probe, Venus
Express, went into orbit successfully on Tuesday, according to
mission controllers.
At 0717 GMT, mission controllers ignited the main engine of Venus
Express, to help it slow down to enter the orbit of Venus. This
procedure, which lasted about 50 minutes, was critical to the whole
mission as the probe must be slow enough to allow ...