Venus mission ready for blast off
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Europe is poised to send a spacecraft to Venus, our closest planetary neighbour and a hothouse world that has been described as Earth's 'evil twin'.
Venus Express will blast off aboard a Russian rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 26 October.
It will slip into orbit around Venus next year, using science instruments to study the planet from space.
Venus underwent runaway greenhouse warming, so experts think it may offer clues to how Earth will evolve.
Europe is poised to send a spacecraft to Venus, our closest planetary neighbour and a hothouse world that has been described as Earth's 'evil twin'.Venus Express will blast off aboard a Russian rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 26 October.
It will slip into orbit around Venus next year, using science instruments to study the planet from space.
Venus underwent runaway greenhouse warming, so experts think it may offer clues to how Earth will evolve.
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