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The planetary adventure continues -- Mars Express and Venus Express operations extended

ESA's Mars Express and Venus Express missions, to explore our nearest neighbor planets Mars and Venus respectively, will continue to operate until early May 2009. The decision was unanimously taken by ESA's Science Program Committee last Friday.

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