[meteorite-list] Russian Mars Mission Leaves Earth on Zenit Rocket
From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 16:01:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <201111090001.pA901kwU018861_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> Russian Mars mission leaves Earth on Zenit rocket Spaceflightnow.com November 8, 2011 Russia launched launch a probe to a moon of Mars at 2016 GMT (3:16 p.m. EST) Tuesday, resuming the country's exploration of the solar system after funding woes and mission failures hindered progress over the last two decades. A rocket pack should place the Phobos-Grunt sample return mission on course to the Red Planet by 0120 GMT (8:20 p.m. EST). Received on Tue 08 Nov 2011 07:01:46 PM PST |
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