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This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, including high-accuracy spacecraft ranging using ESA's new ground station at Malargüe; the end of the ninth Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign followed by two orbit correction manoeuvres; the end of quadrature operations; and the continuation of the mission's longest occultation season.

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, from 22 July to 18 August 2012. It includes the start of the ninth Atmospheric Drag Experiment Campaign, the continuation of the thirteenth occultation season, start of the quadrature season, observations of comet Machholz and management of the special operational requirements on the spacecraft and on science operations due to these activities.

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. The Herschel Post-operations Readiness Review presentations to the Review Board took place on 30 October. The planning for the mission's Post-operations Phase across all Herschel centres passed the scrutiny of the Review Board and the Science Ground Segment was deemed ready to take on the tasks of the Post-operations Phase, which is scheduled to start in July 2013.

Report for the period 24 June 2012 to 21 July 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. This period included the continuation of the mission's longest period of Earth occultations, the continuation and end of solar eclipse season 21, and two orbit correction manoeuvres.

Report for the period 27 May 2012 to 23 June 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, including the transit of Venus during inferior conjunction, the continuation of the mission's longest Earth occultation season, and the start of the twenty-first eclipse season.

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for the period 29 April 2012 to 26 May 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, including routine planned operations, two orbit correction manoeuvres, the end of the eighth Atmospheric Drag Experiment (ADE) campaign, and the continuation of the mission's longest Earth occultation season.

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for period 5 July to 29 August 2012

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for the period 1 April to 28 April 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, including the end of special operations for a quadrature season, routine planned operations at low telemetry downlink data rates, the end of the twentieth solar eclipse season, the start of the eighth Atmospheric Drag Experiment (ADE) Campaign, and the continuation of the mission's longest Earth occultation season.

Report for the period 4 March to 31 March 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, including routine planned operations at maximum and minimum telemetry downlink data rates, the continuation of the twentieth eclipse season, and the beginning of the mission's longest Earth occultation season. Additionally, the entire reporting period fell during a quadrature season, which entails special operational requirements. A large solar flare on 7 March caused the spacecraft's star trackers to be blinded completely for three days, during which science operations were halted.

Report for period 21 June to 4 July 2012

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for period 5 April to 1 May 2012

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for the period between 5 February and 3 March 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes routine planned operations at moderate but increasing telemetry downlink data rates, the start of the twentieth eclipse season, and two orbit correction manoeuvres.

Report for period 19 March to 4 April 2012

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for the period 15 January to 4 February 2012

This reporting period covers three weeks of Venus Express operations, from 15 January to 4 February 2012. It covers routine planned operations at moderate but increasing telemetry downlink data rates, the seventh Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign, and the raising of pericentre at the end of the campaign.

Report for period 31 January to 19 March 2012

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for period 21 November 2011 to 31 January 2012

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for the period 18 December 2011 to 14 January 2012

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, from 18 December 2011 to 14 January 2012. The period covers routine operations at moderate but increasing telemetry downlink data rates, the end of the twelfth Earth occultation season, and the beginning of the seventh Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign.