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Galileo Avionica: the journey of VIR-MS in the NASA mission DAWN continues with success

Rome, Italy - Further successes also for VIRTIS in Venus Express

"After the successful launch of the interplanetary space probe DAWN on the 27th of September 2007 from Cape Canaveral, the VIR-MS (Visibile InfraRed – Mapper Spectrometer) instrument was switched on for the first time. The VIR-MS was designed and entirely manufactured by Galileo Avionica, under commission of the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), the Italian Space Agency. VIR-MS (Visibile InfraRed –...

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Rome, Italy, 11/29/2007 14:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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