{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          29-Mar-2005

{description}   KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. A Russian Antonov AH-124-100 cargo
                airplane lands at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid
                Strip. The plane is delivering a second stage Centaur for the
                Lockheed Martin Atlas V, designated AV-007, that is the launch
                vehicle for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The MRO is
                designed for a series of global mapping, regional survey and
                targeted observations from a near-polar, low-altitude Mars orbit.
                These observations will be unprecedented in terms of the spatial
                resolution and coverage achieved by the orbiters instruments as
                they observe the atmosphere and surface of Mars while probing its
                shallow subsurface as part of a follow the water strategy. The
                orbiter is undergoing environmental tests in facilities at
                Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and is on
                schedule for a launch window that begins Aug. 10. Launch will be
                from Launch Pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in
                Florida.

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