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| A personal thanks from Colin Pillinger | [TEAM] |
| As we wait to hear from Beagle 2 on the surface of Mars, I would like to thank everyone who has sent good wishes and the media for their continued support and encouragement. Up until the
time we are scheduled to communicate with Mars Express, which offers the best opportunity, we are keeping all options open to contact Beagle 2. Keep watching ! |
| The picture shows Professor Pillinger as he waits on the phone to the NASA Odyssey team, for the message we did not want to hear - that no signal had been picked up from Beagle 2 at the
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 26-Dec-03 19:30:26 |
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| Merry Christmas | [TEAM] |
| Season's Greetings from the Beagle 2 team. For those of you who recognise the card, apologies, Colin and Mark have not had time to get together for a photoshoot so we are using one "we
made earlier" courtesy of the Xscape Snowdome in Milton Keynes. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 22-Dec-03 20:51:14 |
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| Quotes from the team | [TEAM] |
| Beagle 2's Prof. Colin Pillinger likened the event of Beagle 2 separating from Mars Express as winning the first leg of a two-legged football match (where both legs were being played away - 250m miles away!).
The second leg is due to be played on Christmas Day when Beagle 2 descends through the martian atmosphere to the surface. |
| Steve Burnage of INSYS, responsible for the design of the Spin-Up and Eject Mechanism which released Beagle 2, was "very relieved" that everything went to plan. |
| ESA's Prof David Southwood, on hearing of the successful release, responded by saying "Mother and baby are both doing well!" |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 20-Dec-03 11:36:15 |
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| Interview with Beagle 2's Principal Investigator | [TEAM] |
| Prof. Colin Pillinger is featured on the ESA website today. Check out the article to see what drives the man responsible for Beagle 2 and how he got involved in space missions. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 18-Dec-03 18:10:09 |
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| Beagle baby | [TEAM] |
| The excitement was all too much for one small person. At T minus 55 minutes OU operations team member Jed Cawthorne's son was born, we are yet to find out if he will be named Beagle! |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 03-Jun-03 16:25:31 |
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| Astrium celebrates the milestones | [TEAM] |
| The Prime Contractor Astrium Stevenage record the many achievements of Beagle 2 so far. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 02-Apr-03 10:52:46 |
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| Lord Sainsbury Praises Team | [TEAM] |
| Science Minister Lord Sainsbury today praised UK scientists and industry for their role in the successful completion of work on the Beagle 2 probe to Mars. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 24-Feb-03 11:14:54 |
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| Season's greetings from all involved in Beagle 2 | [TEAM] |
| This time next year, Beagle 2 will have left Mars Express and will be on the final part of its journey down to the surface of Mars. Thanks to all of you who have been so supportive and interested in the project. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 20-Dec-02 15:46:02 |
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| Up up and away | [TEAM] |
| World famous balloonist Per Lindstrand has brought his high flying team on board with Beagle 2. The company will manufacture the flight model main parachute at their Oswestry factory. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 02-Sep-02 16:39:41 |
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| Seasons Greetings from Beagle 2 | [TEAM] |
| On the right Colin Pillinger and Mark Sims in festive spirit - on location with Beagle 2 in the snow, courtesy of Xscape, Milton Keynes. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 22-Dec-01 16:27:38 |
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| Beagle 2 Builders | [TEAM] |
| At the Consortium Meeting held at the OU on 3 December, the instrument scientists and the engineers heard keynote overviews about all aspects of the project as we enter the last year of building and testing the lander... |
| ...and took time out for the cameras. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 19-Dec-01 15:46:27 |
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| Beagle 2 scientists and Engineers to meet at the OU | [TEAM] |
| On 3 December people from all sections of the Beagle 2 team will meet to review progress and look forward to the challenges which face us as we move into the last year of building and testing Beagle 2. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 29-Nov-01 10:24:40 |
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| No holiday time for Beagle 2 teams | [TEAM] |
| During the summer period the teams have been pushing ahead. |
| Left: At McLaren Composites, the Beagle 2 lander structure takes shape, recorded for the next film in the documentary series. Centre: Work starts on the Aseptic Assembly Facility at the Open University -
first step was to remove the vehicles from the garage which is now undergoing rapid conversion into the unique facility to be fully commissioned before the end of the year. Right: The Beagle 2 Mass Stiffness
Model undergoing vibration tests during August at Astrium, Stevenage before delivery to the Mars Express Structure Test Model at Alenia, Turin |
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| TC on TW | [TEAM] |
| TC Ng and his Hong Kong team featured on Tomorrows World (BBC TV) showing some of the components of Beagle 2's sample collection tools. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 23-May-01 14:45:19 |
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| Hong Kong award for Dr TC Ng | [TEAM] |
| Grinder and corer supplier Dr TC Ng and his team have won the Pacific Century Cyber Works 1010 Most Innovative Leader Award as part of the Leader of the Year awards (Sing Tao Group) and the
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Most Innovative Engineering Award for the development of the forceps and micro end-effectors. |
| Below: The UK's BBC Tomorrow's World team filming recently in Dr Ng's laboratory for a Hong Kong special edition of the programme. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 12-Mar-01 10:08:36 |
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| Seasons Greetings | [TEAM] |
| No snow in sight but our thoughts are focused on the Christmas period of 2003, Beagle 2 is scheduled to land the day after Christmas at about 5 am in the morning (UK time) |
| Below: Happy landings - the latest in the postcard series from Beagle 2. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 12-Dec-00 08:27:43 |
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| From Kent to the OU | [TEAM] |
| The group from the University of Kent involved in environmental sensors has relocated to the Open University. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 01-Jul-00 17:00:07 |
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| Matra Marconi Space is now Astrium | [TEAM] |
| On 17 May 2000, Astrium, Europe's leading space company was formally launched. |
| The merger of the major space companies of three of Europe's principal space nations, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, is now complete. Matra Marconi Space and the space activities of
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace are now operating under a new name and a new logo. |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 01-Jun-00 09:10:26 |
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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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| 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
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| 1998 Seasons Greetings from the Beagle 2 team! | [TEAM] |
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Posted by: Beagle 2 Team | 25-Dec-98 00:00:01 |
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| Build announcement | [TEAM] |
| Matra-Marconi Space will build Mars Express which will carry Beagle 2. At its meeting of 26 November ESA's Industrial Policy Committee (IPC) approved the ESA Executive's proposal to place the contract to
develop and build the Mars Express spacecraft with Matra-Marconi Space, France. |
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