You have already liked this page, you can only like it once! Vega-C is the second generation smaller launcher that increases performance to 3. The heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket has a modular architecture and can be launched with two or four boosters, depending on the performance required.
Space Rider is an uncrewed robotic laboratory about the size of two minivans. After launch on Vega-C it will stay in low orbit for about two months. Experiments inside its cargo bay will allow technology demonstration and benefit research in pharmaceutics, biomedicine, biology and physical science.
At the end of its mission, Space Rider will return to Earth with its payloads and land on a runway to be unloaded and refurbished for another flight. No view of our Pale Blue Dot seen from deep space or our changing climate and planet seen from orbit. No samples from asteroids, no chance of deflecting them. No planetary flybys. No astronauts. No future on Mars or the Moon. No future in space. To adjust your cookie settings, click here.
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