[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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