Venus Express tests main engine
TEST BURN: Europe's Venus Express probe has successfully tested its main engine, which will be used to brake the spacecraft so that it can enter orbit around Earth's cloud-shrouded neighbor. The three-second test burn, performed on the night of Feb. 16-17, came as a prelude to a 51-minute firing...
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