The educational film presented by this trailer illustrates some of the major aspects of the exploration of Venus, all addressed by ESA’s Venus Express mission.

Four scientists, from enchanting locations on Earth, explain Venus’ green-house effect, temperature and talk about the fate of water on our sister planet. One engineer explains the complex job of transforming scientists’ objectives into commands for Venus Express.

(Starring: Jean-Loup Bertaux, Jörn Helbert, Miguel Pérez Ayúcar, Daphne Stam and Colin Wilson, with special collaboration from Federico Nespoli. Soundtrack by: João Luís Lobo. Drawings and paintings by: Patrícia Correia and Cristina Rebelo. Sand Sculpture work by: Wilfred Stijger and Edith van de Wetering).

From here, you can download the film either in four separate chapters, or in its complete form.

Chapters:

Chapter 1:
A breath of Venus (QT), A breath of Venus (WM)
Chapter 2:
A story of Deuterium and Hydrogen (QT), A story of Deuterium and Hydrogen (WM)
Chapter 3:
A question of temperature (QT), A question of temperature (WM)
Chapter 4:
A look at operations (QT), A look at operations (WM)
Credits:
End titles and credits (QT), End titles and credits (WM)

Full movie:

ATTENTION, this is a very large file. Right click on links below and save it to your computer before opening it.

A breath of Venus – Full movie 175 MB (QT), A breath of Venus – Full movie 216 MB (WM)