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HK Scientists To Join New Mars Exploration
Hong Kong - Mar 24, 2004 Hong Kong scientists will get another job in Mars exploration after the British-made Beagle 2 landing craft carrying their tools failed the mission recently. Monday's South China Morning Post reported that the Russian Space Agency plans to use the same or modified rock corer designed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University engineers on its scheduled 2009 mission to orbit Mars and to land on the Phobos, one of its two moons. "The Russian Space Agency has confirmation for the first time on the matter," said university team member Ng Tze Chuen. The Hong Kong-made equipment weighs less than 400 grams and is designed to grind rock surfaces and to drill and extract samples from rock cores. Chuen said the phobos spacecraft could carry up to four Beagle 3 landers, the expected next generation of the EU landing craft. Just before last Christmas, the Beagle 2 successfully separatedfrom the orbiter Mars Express and was scheduled to land on Christmas Day. But it failed to send back radio signals and is nowconsidered lost. The European Space Agency, which has close relations with its Russian counterpart, is now planning ExoMars, a 2009 mission to land a rover on the planet. The Polytechnic University team also hopes to work on this mission, said Ng. Source: Xinhua News Agency Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The Chinese Space Program - News, Policy and Technology China News from SinoDaily.com
Taikonauts On Moon A Far Off Dream For China Yet
Beijing (XNA) Jan 05, 2006A one-year lunar fly-by mission may start in April 2007 in China, but a manned flight to the Earth's neighbour may be a long way away, a chief lunar exploration scientist said last night. |
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