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Asteroid 15614 named 'Pillinger'
after professor behind the failed Beagle 2 landing on Mars
The International Astronomical Union
honored Milton Keynes-based Open University professor Colin Pillinger
by naming the asteroid that moves between Mars and Jupiter in recognition of
the professor's scientific discoveries and numerous contributions to planetary
science. Full
Story BBC
News_ 11/29/04
UK scientists lift veil on Beagle
3
Colin Pillinger, lead scientist
on Beagle 2, unveiled the design for a successor British spacecraft that would
put a new robotic lab on the Red Planet. Scientists hope to launch two landing
craft from an orbiter that could fly in 2009 as part of Europe's Aurora programme
of space exploration. Full Story BBC News_ 11/3/04
'Money woes' foiled Beagle
2 British Mars probe
The House of Commons science and
technology committee report says a failure by the UK government to commit funds
early enough undermined the project's credibility and probably warned
off sponsorship income that the project badly needed. The Beagle 2 lander was
developed separately from the Mars Express "mothership" that
carried it to the Red Planet. BBC News_ 11/1/04
August, 2004
UK-led Beagle 2 team reports what went wrong with attempt
to put a lander on Mars
The investigation looked at possible technical reasons for the
loss of the probe and the lessons learnt which might benefit
any future missions to search for signs of life on the Red Planet.
In its 288-page document, the team maintains its belief that
a thinner than expected atmosphere may have thwarted a controlled
landing. Full
Story BBC News_ 8/24/04
July, 2004
'Beagle 3' may hitch a ride with NASA to Mars
Colin Pillinger, chief scientist on Beagle 2, has asked the US space
agency to put a Beagle "pod" on its Mars Science Laboratory
probe for 2009. The Mars Science Laboratory is designed to pave
the way for a future mission that would return rocks to Earth. Full
Story BBC News_ 7/26/04
European Space Agency says poor management must share blame
for Beagle 2 mission failure
The official inquiry into the December loss of the Mars probe said
there was too little investment at the start of the £50m Beagle
project. The Commission of Inquiry on Beagle 2, jointly set up in
February by the European Space Agency (Esa) and the British National
Space Centre (BNSC), has put forward 19 recommendations for the
future. Full
Story BBC News_ 5/24/04
Beagle
2: The recommendations BBC News_ 5/24/04
Beagle 2 was 'too
great a risk'
An inquiry into the loss of the Beagle 2 Mars probe in December
will criticise the management of the project and the testing of
the lander. It was to land on Mars on 25 December to look for life,
but contact was lost.The inquiry will say there were not enough
checks and balances built into the project and that, overall, it
was too great a risk to take. Full
Story BBC News_ 5/21/04
Mars mission criticized
by spending watchdog
A public spending watchdog criticized scientists behind the doomed
Beagle 2 mission to Mars Tuesday for neglecting to highlight the
chances of mission failure when they applied for British government
funding. Full
story AP/CNN 3/16/04
Beagle 2 may have sped to its death
The missing Beagle 2 lander may have crunched into the Martian dust
after plummeting through an unexpectedly thin atmosphere. New measurements
from the spacecraft's mothership, Mars Express, suggest the upper
atmosphere can be far less dense than anyone thought. Full
story New Scientist 3/8/04
Scientists may have spotted UK's
Beagle probe
Beagle 2, the British space probe which disappeared as it descended
towards Mars, may have been detected on the surface of the Red Planet,
scientists said on Monday. Full
story Reuters 3/8/04
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