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Last Mission For Skylark Completed
Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) May 03, 2005 Today (Monday) at 05.00 UTC, the Swedish sounding rocket MASER 10 was launched from Swedish Space Corporation's launching facility Esrange, outside Kiruna in the north of Sweden. By that, the British rocket motor Skylark has completed its final mission. MASER 10 reached an apogee of 252 km and a top speed of approx. 2 km/sec. The experiments onboard spent six minutes in microgravity and worked perfectly during the flight. The payload is now recovered and back at Esrange. Due to a parachute system failure, the impact was very hard and the payload was damaged. "However, all indications show that the scientific objectives have been fulfilled. Right now, we are almost certain that the far majority of all scientific samples are intact for further analysis and that the data stored onboard is readable", says Wolfgang Herfs, ESA. MASER is a Swedish sounding rocket programme for microgravity research managed by SSC on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). MASER 10 carried five scientific experiments onboard, two biology experiments and three fluid physics experiments. Related Links More about MASER 10 program SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
Boeing, Lockheed Martin To Form Launch Services Joint Venture
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 03, 2005Boeing and Lockheed Martin have entered into an agreement to create a joint venture that will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. |
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