Venus Express was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency. Launched in November 2005, it arrived at Venus in April 2006 and began continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus.
🚀Monday 9
1967: Apollo 4 launched, first Saturn V launch
1967: Surveyor 6 lands on Moon
1972: Canada launched Anik A1
2005: Venus Express launched by ESA
2008: Chandrayaan-1 reached moon
🚀Tuesday 10
1968: USSR launched Zond 6
1970: Luna 17 launched
🚀Wednesday 11
1875: Vesto Slipher born
1966: Gemini XII launched
1982: STS-5 Columbia launched
2015: ISRO launched GSAT-15
🚀Thursday 12
1965: Venera 2 was launched
1980: Voyager 1 flies past Saturn
1981: STS-2 Columbia launched
2014: Philae probe becomes first spacecraft to land on a comet
🚀Friday 14
1971: Mariner 9 becomes first spacecraft to orbit Mars
1978: Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) launched
🚀Saturday 14
1969: Apollo 12 launched, second lunar landing mission
2008: STS-126 Endeavour launched
2008: ISRO hard landed Moon Impact Probe
2011: Soyuz TMA-22 launched carrying ISS Expedition 29/30 crew
2018: ISRO launched GSAT-29
🚀Sunday 15
1738: William Herschel born
1973: First powered flight of X-24B lifting body
1988: Green Bank 300-foot radio telescope collapses
1988: Soviet Shuttle Buran launched
1990: STS-38 Atlantis launched
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