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Everything is set fot the European mission Mars Express

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will be blasted off by a Russian rocket

The European team of scientists and technicians who are working briskly for the program to send the Mars Express probe on the Red Planet have finally resolved all the problems, and therefore could announce the launch that would have to be on June 2 Monday at 17:45 (GMT) from the cosmodrome of Baikonur in Kazakhstan. The satellite will be carried in orbit thanks to the powerful Russian launch rocket...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 44884
Rome, Italy, 05/06/2003 17:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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