Venus Express set for launch; arrival planned for next year
Venus Express, the European Space Agency mission to orbit Venus, is set for launch on a Soyuz-Fregat booster on Oct. 26 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The EADS Astrium-built spacecraft is scheduled to reach Venus in April 2006, according to ESA. It carries several scientific instruments...
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