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Changed the program for Rosetta space probe

Paris, France - Esa changes the mission for the probe

After the new delay of the launch of Rosetta space probe (news already published by AVIONEWS), Esa (European Space Agency) has decided to change the type of mission for the space craft. The craft will not land any more on the comet Wirtanen, with an operative time of ten years, in order to study the ices situated on the top of the comet, but the agency is already studying alternative objectives for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 38656
Rome, Italy, 01/15/2003 12:42
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