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En route to the Red Planet

[ June 12, 2020   //   ]

Volga-Dnepr moved a 32-metre long Atlas 5 rocket booster from Huntsville, Alabama to Cape Canaveral for a scheduled mission to Mars on board an AN-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter. The specialist airline also transported payload fairings and RD-180 engines for the mission.

The launch is scheduled for 9:10 a.m. on July 17.

 

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