Author (Person) | Cookson, Clive, Mallet, Victor |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 15.1.03, p7 |
Publication Date | 15/01/2003 |
Content Type | News |
The European Space Agency decided on 14 January 2003 to cancel the launch of its Rosetta spacecraft due to concerns about the reliability of the Ariane-5 rocket launcher. It had been planned to attempt to land the spacecraft on Comet Wirtanen in 2011. Scientists must now redesign the Rosetta mission to target a different comet at a later date. |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry, Culture, Education and Research |