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Two Astrium space systems head for Mars aboard Curiosity rover

Submit on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 22:57

NASA’s new Mars rover, Curiosity, will be launched on 25 November from Cape Canaveral in Florida on an Atlas V rocket. Aboard the vehicle are two systems developed and built by Astrium in Spain under bilateral collaboration agreements between NASA, the Spanish Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) and the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA).Other Posts:Continued Land Launch delays force Asiasat 5 switch to ILSCable TV 101: Building Relationships To Your CustomersTalia launches satellite Internet network on NSS-703Yet another new launch date for South Korea’s first rocketNASA confirms 8 June as STS-117 launch dateDawn switches on ion engineNASA’s GLAST Burst Monitor set for spacecraft integrationInmarsat Holdings Limited results Q1 2007

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