Sunday, November 17, 2013

Rocket ready to be launched to Mars - The Ball

The rocket «Atla 5 ‘, which on Monday to Mars part, is ready for launch.

NASA, the U.S. space agency, has changed this Saturday for the rocket platform launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla., where leave for the red planet within two days, carrying the capsule ‘MAVEN’.

The start of the rocket, with 57.3 meters high, is expected for Monday at 18:28 am (Lisbon time), and there, according to meteorologists, 60 percent probability of favorable conditions.

‘MAVEN’ should travel ten months to reach an orbit of Mars and will aim to gather information that could explain why the plant became a cold desert.

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