Monday, June 02, 2003
MARS RUSH BEGINS
Russians Launch ESA Mars Express
Here's Spaceflight Now's report on the successful launch of the European Mars mission, Mars Express, atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur. Note that ME cost only $350 million due, in large part, to using designs already developed for the Rosetta comet mission (from what now seems like a long time ago).
ME will get to Mars a couple of weeks before the two US rover/landers, on Christmas day of this year.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 8:53 PM
