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Aug 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
ESA crashed Venus Express into Venus after design life
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ESA reused spacecraft hardware and later crashed Venus Express into Venus after it exceeded its 500-day design life.
WHO: European Space Agency (ESA)
WHAT: Crashed the Venus Express probe into Venus to destroy it after it exceeded its design life
WHEN: Reported Aug 7, 2026 at 11:46 AM ET
WHERE: Venus
WHY: The probe had exceeded its 500-day design life and later succumbed to Venus’s atmosphere in late 2014.
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