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As Mars Express makes history as the first European spacecraft to successfully enter Martian orbit, the search continues for the Beagle 2 lander, which entered the Martian atmosphere on the afternoon of Christmas Day Australian time. Australia is heavily involved strategies to establish contact with the craft. NASA’s orbiter Mars Odyessy is sending back search results via NASA’s Deep Space Network, which includes the Tidbinbilla Radio Telescope outside Canberra.
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NASA’s Deep Space Network has received its first images from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shortly after it descended to the surface at around 3.35pm Eastern Australian time. Once deployed, it is planned that the rover will undertake a 90 day mission of scientific investigations around the landing site in Gusev Crater.
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The fourth annual Australian Mars Exploration Conference, AMEC2004, will be held this year in Adelaide over the weekend of July 30th-August 1st, 2004. The conference will explore the latest results from local and international researchers in one of the most exciting years in Mars exploration yet.
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The proceedings of the 2nd Australian Mars Exploration Conference (AMEC 2002) are now available online. These include abstracts and papers from over 24 presentations, on diverse topics including geology, habitat design, space suit technology, surface rovers and communications. Audio recordings of the conference presentations are also now available online by tuning in to Radio Free Mars, where you can hear the keynote address by Apollo astronaut Dr Harrison Schmitt.
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NASA’s second robotic rover lander Opportunity has safely landed on the surface of Mars at Meridiani Planum. Read the latest news as it unfolds at NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Mission Homepage.
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All MSA Financial Members: In accordance with our Articles of Association, the time has come to notify members of the Annual General Meeting of the Mars Society Australia Inc, which will be held on Friday 22 August 2003, 2pm, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 54 Terrace Road, Perth.

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A new look website for the Starchaser Marsupial Rover has just been launched at www.marsupial.org.au The website includes a news page where you read project progress reports and view the lastest photographs posted by project manager Dr Graham Mann. More information is to be added to the site over coming weeks.
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A flurry of missions to Mars, to explore the surface and sub-surface of the Red Planet, has commenced with the successful launch of the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft, and the NASA rover ‘Spirit’ to be shortly followed by a second rover ‘Opportunity’.. These missions have the potential to reveal whether life exists or existed on Mars, and will provide an unprecedented range of new data about the planet.

Click here to download MSA’s pre-launch media release.
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Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist Dr. Harrison Schmitt will be touring Australia between July 7th and 18th, 2002. Dr Schmitt was the last man to walk on the moon and the only scientist to do. Organised by the Mars Society Australia, the tour program will include public events in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and Melbourne.
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