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Europe to discover the Moon

Amsterdam, Netherlands - A new type of propulsion will be used

The first European mission to the Moon discovery will start on next August 28; it has been communicated on Wednesday from Manuel Grande, the English scientist responsible for the European Space Agency plan, called Smart1. So far the probe is at an assemblage center in Netherlands for the last revisions, but it will soon leave for the French Guiana, and from the cosmodrome of Kourou the new European...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 47774
Rome, Italy, 07/11/2003 12:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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