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50 years ago, on Nov. 30, 1964, the USSR announced the launch of the Zond-2 spacecraft toward Mars, which would chase a pair of NASA's Mariner probes heading to the Red Planet for the first time.

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Proton prepares for a very busy 2015

Published: Dec. 4

Even before the Proton rocket completed its back-loaded launch campaign this month, the launch manifest for the following year calls the Russian workhorse space booster to fly nearly monthly missions.

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