October 2006 Top Stories
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 43 - Science Operations
[Thursday, October 5, 2006] During the reporting period the mission operations have been conducted according to the plan. The ground and the space segment performance have been nominal.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 44 - Science Operations
[Thursday, October 5, 2006] During the reporting period the mission operations have been conducted according to the plan. The ground and the space segment performance have been nominal.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 45 - Science Operations
[Thursday, October 5, 2006] During the reporting period the mission operations have been conducted according to the plan. The ground and the space segment performance have been nominal.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 46 - Safe Mode Recovery
[Thursday, October 5, 2006] The reporting period contained a spacecraft hardware safe which occurred on 22 September (DoY 265) at 19:24 UT.
»» Complex meteorology at Venus
[Friday, October 13, 2006] In its relentless probing of Venus's atmosphere, ESA's Venus Express keeps revealing new details of the Venusian cloud system. Meteorology at Venus is a complex matter, scientists say.
»» MESSENGER Completes Venus Flyby
[Tuesday, October 24, 2006] MESSENGER came within 2,990 kilometers of the surface of Venus early this morning during its second planetary encounter. The spacecraft used the planet's gravity to shrink the radius of its orbit around the Sun and bringing it closer to Mercury.
»» NASA Announces Discovery Program Selections
[Monday, October 30, 2006] NASA Monday selected concept studies for missions that would return a sample of an enigmatic asteroid, probe the chemistry of Venus' atmosphere and reveal the interior structure and history of the Earth's moon.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 47 - Solar Conjunction Phase Operational Strategy Tested
[Monday, October 30, 2006] The reporting period contained a spacecraft hardware safe which occurred on 27 September (DoY 270) at 04.37 UT.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 48 - Science Operations
[Monday, October 30, 2006] During the reporting period the mission operations have been conducted according to the plan. The ground and the space segment performance have been nominal.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 49 - Conjunction Period Planning Completed
[Monday, October 30, 2006] The reporting period contained a spacecraft hardware safe mode which occurred on DoY 282 04:20 UT.
»» ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 50 - Start of Conjunction Operations
[Monday, October 30, 2006] During the reporting period the mission operations have been conducted according to the plan. The spacecraft has been configured for conjuntion operations during the solar conjunction period.
