From: Andrew Yee Newsgroups: sci.space.news Subject: Mars Express now 1 million kilometres from Earth (Forwarded) Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 10:02:17 -0400 Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena CA Approved: sci-space-news@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov Message-ID: <3EE09EE9.4030209@nova.astro.utoronto.ca> ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int 06 Jun 2003 Latest status of Mars Express: Mars Express now 1 million kilometres from Earth This morning, at 5:30 UT, Mars Express passed the 1 million kilometre mark in distance away from Earth on its journey towards the Red Planet. The spacecraft has successfully completed the first of several trajectory correction manoeuvres. It also switched successfully from the low-gain antenna to the high-gain antenna for communication with Mission Control at the European Space Operations Centre in Germany. USEFUL LINKS FOR THIS STORY * More about Mars Express launch campaign http://www.esa.int/marsexpresslaunch/ * More about Mars Express http://sci.esa.int/marsexpress/ IMAGE CAPTION: [http://sci.esa.int/content/searchimage/searchresult.cfm?aid=9&cid=12&oid=32401&ooid=17930] The Mars Express Orbiter on top of the Soyuz launcher upper stage (Fregat).