This is Mars Express and it is still operating today (July 2010).
Part of the Mars Express mission was releasing the UK's Beagle 2 lander (essentially a mission in its own right), however this failed.
Columbia holds the record for the longest shuttle mission in November 1996. This lasted 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes and 18 seconds. Columbia was destroyed in January 2003. Of the remaining shuttles, the record is held by Endeavour, with a flight lasting 16 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes, and 48 seconds.
As of October 2023, several spacecraft have been sent to study Jupiter. Notably, NASA's Galileo orbiter (1995-2003) and Juno mission, which entered orbit in 2016, have provided extensive data about the planet. Additionally, the Hubble Space Telescope has observed Jupiter from afar, and the upcoming European Space Agency's JUICE mission, set to launch in 2023, aims to explore Jupiter's moons. Overall, while there have been multiple missions, the number of dedicated satellites and robots specifically orbiting Jupiter is limited to a few key missions.
According to Wikipedia - it was launched on 25th August 2003 - which was a Monday.
The unsuccessful British martian probe was named Beagle 2. It was launched aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission in 2003 but contact was lost during its descent to the Martian surface.
The Spitzer space telescope belongs to NASA. The Spitzer space telescope was launched into space in August 2003 . It captures images of the planets and other objects in the universe that cannot be observed from earth.
Mission Space - 2003 was released on: USA: 15 August 2003 (Lake Buena Vista, Florida)
Columbia was on its 28th mission when it disintegrated during re-entry in 2003. Its first mission was the first by a space shuttle into space.
January 16, 2003
January 16, 2003
The Galileo space craft was launched on Oct 18, 1989 and was crashed into Jupiter on Sept. 21, 2003. This was the end of 14 year space mission.
Kalpana Chawla flew on the space shuttle Columbia. She was part of the STS-87 mission in 1997 and the STS-107 mission in 2003, which unfortunately ended in tragedy when the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry.
She was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
Columbia's first mission, which was also the first flight of any space shuttle, began on April 12th, 1981. The space shuttle Columbia's last mission was launched on January 16, 2003 at 15:39:00 UTC.
Space Shuttle Columbia flew a total of 28 missions, starting with its first mission in 1981 and ending with its final mission in 2003 when it tragically disintegrated upon re-entry.
The female astronaut who was killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster in 2003 was named Kalpana Chawla. She was a mission specialist on the STS-107 mission.
The Last Mission - 2003 TV was released on: USA: 2 June 2003
The first Chinese man in space was called Chang Wan