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''MARS ODYSSEY'' CONTINUES ITS SIX MONTHS WAY TOWARDS THE RED PLANET

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, "The spacecraft seems to be performing beautifully and we're right on our timeline" said David Spencer, mission manager at the U.S. space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. The mission, costed 297 USDm, started last Saturday at 11:02 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, when "Mars Odyssey" spacecraft was roared into space aboard the "Delta II" rocket. The next step,...

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Rome, Italy, 04/09/2001 15:12
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