Mars Express integration at Intespace facilities
January 17, 2005
Mars Express will leave Earth for Mars on 2 June 2003 when the positions of the two planets make for the shortest possible route, a condition that occurs once every twenty-six months. The intrepid spacecraft will start its six-month journey from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan onboard a Russian Soyuz/Fregat launcher.
Topics:
Environment, Soviet rockets, R-7, Soyuz programme, Kazakhstan, Fregat, Soyuz-FG, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Mars Express, Soyuz, Mars, Spaceflight
