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Article: Europe launches Venus Express

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November 10, 2005
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DARMSTADT, Germany: A European-built probe designed to explore the hot, dense atmosphere of Venus made contact with mission control early yesterday after blasting off on a five-month journey to Earth's neighbour, scientists said.

The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe lifted off at 0333 GMT at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, before heading northeast above the desert and into orbit around the earth in a successful launch.

Mission control activated the probe's instruments after it left orbit on its trajectory towards Venus about two hours later and immediately picked up a signal to hearty applause in the observation room.

"Initial checks are ongoing and ...

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