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). ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
