Venus Express: Russian Officials Set Nov. 9 Launch Date
An AP newswire article by Vladimir Isachenkov, via ABC News, reports that:
Russian space officials Monday set a Nov. 9 blastoff for a European probe to explore Venus after its earlier launch was postponed because of a booster rocket problem.
Engineers will be able to fix the flaws by that date, the Federal Space Agency said in scheduling the launch at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The European Space Agency's Venus Express probe was originally set to be launched Oct. 26 by a Soyuz-Fregat rocket, but a problem arose with thermal insulation in its upper stage.
posted by Fergie @ 10/31/2005 06:55:00 AM
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