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NASA Picks Atlas V To Launch Mars Science Laboratory Mission
Denver CO (SPX) Jun 07, 2006Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that NASA has selected its Atlas V rocket to launch the Mars Science Laboratory mission in 2009 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission will fly on a Atlas V 541 configuration to propel MSL on a half-year journey to the red planet, LM said in a statement. Scheduled for launch in the fall of 2009, the Volkswagen-sized rover will land on the surface of Mars in ... read more *New* Comments: 0 An Interview With The President Of RSC Energia 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 14, 2005Ambitious space projects such as a mission to Mars often provoke criticisms from skeptics ¿ is it really worth spending billions of dollars? Nikolai Sevastianov, who took the helm of Russian space corporation Energia this spring is confident that it won't be long before missions to space become profitable. In the interview he gave to Vedomosti Sevastianov, he talked about when a Russian cosm ... read more *New* Comments: 0 LockMart Delivers Atlas V For Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission 
Denver CO (SPX) Apr 05, 2005NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin marked another significant milestone in the Mars space exploration program as Lockheed Martin delivered the vehicle that will launch the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to Mars on August 10, this year. The Atlas 5, designated AV-007, arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where the launch team will now begin preparations for ... read more *New* Comments: 0 First Mars, Then Venus With Starsem Express 
Paris - Jun 18, 200315 days after the launch of Mars Express, Europe has reaffirmed its trust in Soyuz: next stop Venus in 2005 ! Just two weeks after having flawlessly carried out its mission to send Mars Express on its way towards the Red Planet, the European-Russian company Starsem reinforces its privileged relationship with the European Space Agency with the signature of the Venus Express launch services agreeme ... read more *New* Comments: 0 Texas Spaceports, Mars Colonies On Drawing Board At UH 
Houston - Oct 09, 2002Construction of commercial spaceports in Texas and plans for the first human settlement on Mars have University of Houston architecture faculty and students focused on the future of the nation's space program. The critical first step for the successful commercial development of space is to lower the cost of access to space, says Larry Bell, director of the Sasakawa International Center for S ... read more *New* Comments: 0 |
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