Planets

Planets — page 1
MISSION PLANETARY EXPLORATION Have you ever looked up at the night sky On a clear night you can see thousands of lights Most of these lights are stars But if you're lucky you might see a planet Planets are often bigger and brighter than stars Our Home Planet If you wanted to visit a planet you wouldn't need to travel very far In fact you wouldn't need to travel at all Earth is the planet we live on It is also the only known planet that can support life Visiting Venus Other planets are far away Venus is usually the closest planet to Earth In 2005 it took the Venus Express spacecraft five months to reach Venus from Earth