http://www.venustoday.com/ Venus Today en-us Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:29:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com mkboucher@spaceref.com Copyright 2006, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://images.spaceref.com/venustoday.jpg http://www.venustoday.com/ 112 19 Venus Today - a service of SpaceRef http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=27620 ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:25:53 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=30227 NASA is developing potential proposals for the upcoming New Frontiers Program Announcement of Opportunity (2009) that involve multiple strategies for Venus exploration. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:01:28 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=27223 Venus Express has made the first detection of an atmospheric loss process on Venus's day-side. Last year, the spacecraft revealed that most of the lost atmosphere escapes from the night-side. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:23:09 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=27080 A pale yellow dot to the human eye, Earth's twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA's Venus Express provide insight into the turbulent atmosphere of our neighbouring planet. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 10:39:21 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26896 In a successful September demonstration of its growing capabilities, the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) detected transmissions from New Horizons while the spacecraft was more than a billion miles from home. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 7:45:22 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26668 The images of Earth cover both visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum and can be split into spectra, in order to search for the signature of molecules in the Earth's atmosphere. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:57:04 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26492 Data from the VMC, SPICAV-SOIR, VIRTIS and MAG instruments on Venus Express have been delivered to the ESA Planetary System Archive and are now freely available to interested users. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 7:13:18 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=26452 It is well known that winds on Venus are extremely fast and powerful. Now, ESA's Venus Express has, for the first time, put together a 3-D picture of the venusian winds for an entire planetary hemisphere. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:27:05 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25551 As ESA's Venus Express orbits our sister planet, new images of the cloud structure of one of the most enigmatic atmospheres of the Solar System reveal brand-new details. Fri, 30 May 2008 8:28:26 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25442 Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus's dense atmosphere. Thu, 15 May 2008 7:16:54 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=25119 ESA's Venus Express has measured a highly variable quantity of the volcanic gas sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere of Venus. Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:17:54 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24967 The eye of the hurricane is at the centre of a 2000 km-wide vortex. It was discovered in 1974 by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. There is a similar structure on the planet's north pole, which was observed by the Pioneer Venus mission in 1979. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:49:04 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24915 Using two ESA spacecraft, planetary scientists are watching the atmospheres of Mars and Venus being stripped away into space. The simultaneous observations give scientists the data they need to investigate the evolution of the two planets' atmospheres. Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:44:36 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=24820 Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days. Sat, 23 Feb 2008 6:34:58 http://www.venustoday.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=26590 The activities during this week cover routine operations, skipping passes for cooling purposes and the end of the Quadrature Phase on 23 November. VIRTIS operations have continued during the period. Sun, 6 Jan 2008 17:06:26