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Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
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Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
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Go to topicMembers of the Venus Express Science Team and Science Operations Team with first impressions of the Venus transit seen from Svalbard and details of Venus exploration done by ESA’s Venus Express mission.
(Hakan Svedhem, Venus Express Project Scientist, ESA; Dimitri Titov, Venus Express Science Team, ESA; Giuseppe Piccioni, Venus Express Science Team, Italian Institute for Astrophysics; Jean-Loup Bertaux, Venus Express Science team, CNRS; Anne-Carine Vandaele, Venus Express Science Team, Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique; Miguel Perez, Venus Express Science Operations, ESA)