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Phoenix mission launched to Mars
 A US space probe named Phoenix Mars Lander was successfully launched early on Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and began its nine-month journey to Mars, where it will dig for clues to past and present life.The lander blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Delta II rocket at 5:36 am (0936 GMT) in a flawless launch that illuminated the dark night sky. Phoenix had been originally scheduled to launch on Friday, but the mission was postponed 24 hours after bad weather Tuesday prevented fueling of the two-stage rocket. If everything goes as planned, Phoenix should complete its 680 million kilometer (422 million mile) 420-million-dollar journey to Mars on May 25, 2008. Posted by: Fred 2007-08-05 |
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