Aimless In Space

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Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 Encapsulated for Voyage to Mars and Phobos Phobo-Grunt, Russia’s first interplanetary mission in nearly two decades, has now been encapsulated inside the payload fairing and sealed to the payload adapter for mating to the upper stage of the Zenit booster rocket that will propel the probe to Mars orbit and carry out history’s first ever landing on the petite Martian moon Phobos and eventually return pristine samples to Earth for high powered scientific analysis. “Phobos-Grunt will launch on November 9, 2011 at 00:26 a.m. Moscow time,” said Alexey Kuznetsov, Head of the Roskosmos Press Office in an exclusive interview with Universe Today. Roskosmos is the Russian Federal Space Agency, equivalent to NASA and ESA. “The launch window extends until November 25.” … NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover was also enclosed in her payload fairing a few days ago and is on course for liftoff on November 25. YAY Mars!

Phobos-Grunt and Yinghuo-1 Encapsulated for Voyage to Mars and Phobos

Phobo-Grunt, Russia’s first interplanetary mission in nearly two decades, has now been encapsulated inside the payload fairing and sealed to the payload adapter for mating to the upper stage of the Zenit booster rocket that will propel the probe to Mars orbit and carry out history’s first ever landing on the petite Martian moon Phobos and eventually return pristine samples to Earth for high powered scientific analysis.

“Phobos-Grunt will launch on November 9, 2011 at 00:26 a.m. Moscow time,” said Alexey Kuznetsov, Head of the Roskosmos Press Office in an exclusive interview with Universe Today. Roskosmos is the Russian Federal Space Agency, equivalent to NASA and ESA.

“The launch window extends until November 25.”

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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover was also enclosed in her payload fairing a few days ago and is on course for liftoff on November 25.

YAY Mars!

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    will launch on November 9? Birthday of Carl Sagan. =)))
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