The blast-off was postponed after problems were reported with equipment on a rocket identical to the Atlas Five rocket that will carry the 2-ton Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter into space.
Today's launch is scheduled to take place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida between 7:54 a.m. and 9:39 a.m. local time.
After reaching Mars next March, the orbiter is designed to study whether the planet had water long enough to nurture life. Previous Mars missions have shown that water once flowed across the planet's surface.
(Reuters/AFP/AP)
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Today's launch is scheduled to take place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida between 7:54 a.m. and 9:39 a.m. local time.
After reaching Mars next March, the orbiter is designed to study whether the planet had water long enough to nurture life. Previous Mars missions have shown that water once flowed across the planet's surface.
(Reuters/AFP/AP)
See also:
Will Men Ever Go To Mars?
Beijing In Pursuit Of Major Status As Space Power