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| Life in the fast lane | [TEAM] |
| The latest "News from Beagle 2" announces the involvement of McLaren Composites, the specialised technology arm of the TAG McLaren Group, in the project. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 31-Mar-00 09:14:56 |
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| On display at the start of National Science week | [EXHIBITIONS] |
| Beagle 2 was featured on the Matra Marconi Space display in the Technology at Work Exhibition held at Imperial College, London where the annual science week was launched. After opening speeches, HRH
Princess Anne and Lord Sainsbury visited exhibits. Over the next two days, MMS and OU staff explained about Beagle 2, conveying some of the exciting projects that today's engineers and technologists can be involved with. |
| Above: On the left, Lord Sainsbury, a frequent visitor to Beagle 2 stops by for an update on the project. On the right Colin explains how Beagle 2 will function on Mars to HRH Princess Anne. Below left: Another
visitor was Trevor Bayliss, inventor of the clockwork radio. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 17-Mar-00 21:05:15 |
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| ESA announces studies of a new Mars mission | [MARS] |
| The European Space Agency is currently looking at its future programme. As a candidate for one of the next so-called flexi missions, the Agency is considering a mission called MASTER (Mars lander Asteroid fly-by).
The project would use technology developed for Mars Express to carry instruments and rendezvous with several asteroids including one of the biggest and best known rocks in space called Vesta. |
| The new spacecraft would use a gravity assist swinging by Mars to get to its ultimate goal. Passing Mars would offer an ideal opportunity to drop off a lander to extend the exploration begun by Beagle 2. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 07-Mar-00 13:14:27 |
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| Press coverage of Beagle continues apace | [IN PRINT] |
| New Scientist (19 February) featured an article titled Mars on a shoestring. |
| The Sunday Times (5 March) carried a two page spread in the Culture glossy magazine - Relaunching the space dream Written by the BBC technology correspondent, Christine McGourty, Beagle 2 featured
prominently, not least in the graphic illustrating how the lander could look carrying company logos as part of the effort to raise funds. |
| Saga Magazine (March 2000) - Saga Holidays are aimed at the "more mature person" - is one of the more unlikely places to carry a Beagle 2 article. Many of the project team will need a holiday by 2003! |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 06-Mar-00 07:42:11 |
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| Stones recovered | [PROJECT] |
| Good news following earlier concerns - both the Fregat descent stage and the experimental re-entry capsule to which the Flying Stones samples were attached have now been recovered. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 15-Feb-00 11:19:24 |
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| Soyuz rocket success | [PROJECT] |
| Yesterday the first firing of a Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage was successful. We understand from the Soyuz-Fregat team that the launch of went perfectly to plan. |
| The capsule (with the Open University Flying Stones experiment) has not yet been recovered due to poor weather conditions and the onset of darkness. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 09-Feb-00 12:54:23 |
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| Martian found in Los Angeles | [MARS] |
| A meteorite found in the USA has been recognised as coming from Mars bringing the number of authenticated martian samples to 14. Dr Ian Wright of the OU tells more of the story on the right. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 01-Feb-00 15:25:55 |
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| The Beagle 2 Industrial Team tell it internationally - IMEWG at MMS | [MEETINGS] |
| Eight members of IMEWG (International Mars Exploration Working Group) were treated to an exposition of the industrial strength and heritage behind Beagle 2 following a request to the British National Space Centre
by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California) to coincide with the London meeting of IMEWG. |
| Several members of NASA and the Canadian, French and Hungarian space agencies came to Matra Marconi Space's (MMS) Stevenage site and were noticeably impressed with what they saw and heard. Most
of the companies in the Beagle 2 industrial team were represented and this promoted a powerful message of strength and cohesion. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 31-Jan-00 09:16:32 |
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| Beagle 2 becomes a dot com | [PROJECT] |
| Yesterday we launched the new version of the Beagle 2 web site. You will notice the differences but if you are a regular visitor you may not be aware that the address has also now changed to http://www.beagle2.com. |
| The site continues to be hosted at the Open University. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 09-Oct-99 08:33:21 |
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| M&C Saatchi Sponsorship join race to Mars | [TEAM] |
| Yesterday in London an announcement was made that M&C Saatchi Sponsorship Ltd, part of M&C Saatchi Worldwide, has joined with Beagle 2 to co-ordinate the commercial development of the project. |
| Left: Colin Pillinger, lead scientist of Beagle 2, and Matthew Patten, Chief Executive of M&C Saatchi Sponsorship Ltd. And right - after the press briefing. explaining the role of M&C Saatchi in
the project to invited journalists. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 26-Jan-00 13:34:59 |
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