----- Original Message ----- From: NewsAlert Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:34 PM To: Newsalert Subject: Another setback in attempts to find Europe's Mars lander NEWSALERT: Wednesday, January 7, 2004 @ 1529 GMT
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MARS EXPRESS MOTHERSHIP HEARS NOTHING FROM LANDER
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To the despair of European space officials, the Mars Express orbiter has
failed to detect a signal from the Beagle 2 lander today in the first
opportunity for the mothership to establish communications with the baby
craft that should have touched down on the Martian surface on Christmas
Day.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/marsexpress/status.html
FIRST COLOR IMAGE FROM SPIRIT ROVER THRILLS SCIENTISTS
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The sharpest picture ever taken on the surface of Mars was unveiled
Tuesday, a remarkably detailed color mosaic showing the rock-strewn vista
directly in front of the Spirit rover that stretches all the way to misty
mesas and hills on the distant horizon.
http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040106sol4.html
STARDUST SAILING THROUGH CALM AFTER COMETARY STORM
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"On January 2, comet Wild 2 gave up its particles but it did not do so
without a fight," says Stardust project manager Tom Duxbury. "Our data
indicates we flew through sheets of cometary particles that jostled the
spacecraft and that on at least 10 occasions the first layer of our
shielding was breached. Glad we had a couple more layers of the stuff."
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http://spaceflightnow.com/stardust/040106post.html
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