Venus Express Calendar 2008–2009

6th Meeting of the Venus Exploration and Analysis Group (VEXAG)

February 2009
Dates and location to be announced

Venus Express Science Team Meetings

2008

September 17–19, 2008
Venus Express Science Team Meeting
Brussels, Belgium

2009

January 12–16, 2009
Joint Venus Express-Mars Express Science Team Meeting
Dates and location to be announced

Mid-Late June 2009
Venus Express-Mars Express Science Team Meeting in Japan

Venus Express Project Events

November 9, 2005
Launch - Competed

April 11, 2006
Arrival at Venus
Venus Orbit Insertion - Completed

April 12 – June 4 2006
Venus Express In-Orbit Experiment Commissioning – Completed

June 5, 2006 – September 24, 2007
Prime Mission – Completed

September 25, 2007– April 30 2009
Extended Mission #1

May 1, 2009 – December 30, 2011
Extended Mission #2 – ESA Decision in November 2008

Science Conferences/Other Meetings

2008

July 13–20, 2008
37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
Montreal, Canada

September 22–26, 2008
European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC)
Münster, Germany

September 29–October 3, 2008
59th International Astronautical Congress
Glasgow, Scotland

October 10–15, 2008
40th Annual Meeting DPS
Ithaca, NY
Abstract Submission Deadline - August 1, 2008
Early Pre-Registration Deadline - September 10, 2008

December 15–19, 2008
Fall meeting, AGU
San Francisco, California
Abstract Submission Deadline - September 10, 2008, 2359 UT

2009

May 2009
International Conference on Comparative Planetology: Venus-Earth-Mars, ESTEC
Noordwijk, Netherlands
Contact: Augustin Chicarro