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MAVEN mission ready for launch: NASA is once again en route to Mars (VIDEO)

Cape Canaveral, USA - Liftoff scheduled at 6:28 pm GMT/UTC today

MAVEN’s launch team began today’s countdown for the departure of the spacecraft on board of an Atlats V-401 rocket: the liftoff is scheduled at 6:28 om GMT/UTC (1:28 pm local time at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station), a hour which represents the opening of a 2-hour launch window. Forecasters from the US Air Force 45th Weather Squadron predict a 60 percent chance for favorable weather: the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156543
Rome, Italy, 11/18/2013 18:47
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