Boeing Continues Successful Launches of Mars Missions for NASA
Photo by Carleton Bailie © The Boeing Company
Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, Fla. June 10, 2003 — A
Boeing Delta II rocket successfully delivered to space today NASA’s
Mars Exploration Rover-A, also named “Spirit,” that launched
at an instantaneous window of 1:58:47 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex
17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. NASA and Boeing officials
confirmed the launch and delivery of the spacecraft was right on target,
and the rover is scheduled to land on Mars in early January, 2004.
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