9 November 2005
Venus Express Launch
ESA's Venus Express launches to begin Europe's first dedicated mission to Venus.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Baikonur in Sweden. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
ESA's Venus Express launches to begin Europe's first dedicated mission to Venus.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Sweden and Baikonur. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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