April 11, 2006 8:02 AM PDT

Venus Express enters planet's orbit

On 486-day mission, European Space Agency's 1.3-ton spacecraft slows down to slip smoothly into Venus' orbit.
Images: Lunar crash course; interplanetary visitors

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Year's ago I saw a nasa film on Venus, I't showed a large hurricane type storm with a eye at one of it's poles!!
Why can we not land there If the eye is the same as one on earth???Calm

A BIG NEED TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! BoB Bolino
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