Dateline April 14, 2006, Space News from the Internet

• NASA Space Flight has retracted the story on the too heavy ESAS. (I would still rather use rockets we already have, but that's just me -djs)
• Venus Express has sent back it's first images.
• JAXA says it has picked the team to send a lander to the Moon in the next 10 years.
• Boeing is shuffling their Space Exploration office to better position themselves for the CEV contract.
• More foam problems for the Shuttle.

Venus' South Pole