Japan To Launch MUSES-C Asteroid Mission On May 9 Jiji Press March 26, 2003
Tokyo -- Japan plans to launch an M-V rocket carrying a MU SES-C asteroid research spacecraft on May 9, a government space research institute said Wednesday. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, a body under Japan's Science and Technology Ministry, said it has received approval for the launch from the Space Activities Commission. The launch of the No. 5 M-V rocket will be the fir st since the unsuccessful launch of the No. 4 M-V rocket in February 2000. The No. 5 M-V rocket was originally scheduled to be launched from the Kagoshima Space Center, southern Japan, in November or December last year, but the date was postponed for technical reasons. The MUSES-C spacecraft will conduct scientific observations and collect samples from asteroids passing close to Earth. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
