The ESA/Venus Express mission spent more than 8 years in orbit around Venus to extensively study its atmosphere, ionosphere and plasma environment and unveil new aspects of its surface. Extensive reviews of the work of Venus Express are underway, to cover in-depth studies of the new face of Venus revealed by Venus Express and ground-based concurrent observations. This paper intends to give a summarized and wide overview of some of the outstanding results in all the science areas studied by the mission. This paper will first review the main aspects of the mission and its instrumental payload. Then, a selection of results will be reviewed from the outermost layers interacting with the Solar wind, down to the surface of Venus. As Venus Express is already considered by space agencies as a pathfinder for the future of Venus exploration, perspectives for future missions will be given, which will have to study Venus not only from orbital view, but also down to the surface to solve the many remaining mysteries of the sister planet of the Earth.

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金星快车的遗产：第一次欧洲行星金星任务的亮点

欧空局/金星快车任务在环绕金星的轨道上花费了 8 年多的时间，以广泛研究其大气、电离层和等离子体环境，并揭示其表面的新方面。对金星快车工作的广泛审查正在进行中，以涵盖对金星快车揭示的金星新面貌的深入研究和地面同步观测。本文旨在对任务研究的所有科学领域中的一些杰出成果进行概括和广泛的概述。本文将首先回顾任务的主要方面及其仪器有效载荷。然后，将从与太阳风相互作用的最外层到金星表面的一系列结果进行审查。由于金星快车已经被航天机构视为未来金星探索的探路者，