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.
June-Aug 2003 during the European heat wave. 106 degrees recorded. Search 2003 European heat wave for more.
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.
Mars Surveyor 2003 Lander/Rover will be launched on May 22, 2003.
According to Wikipedia - it was launched on 25th August 2003 - which was a Monday.
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.
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.
The Last Mission - 2003 TV was released on: USA: 2 June 2003
Columbia was a space shuttle that disintigrated upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere during its 28th mission on February 1, 2003, killing all seven crew members on board.
Yang Liwei aboard Shenzhou 5, China's first manned mission in space on October 15, 2003. Which made China the third nation to launch a human into orbit
The cast of Mission Unfindable - 2003 includes: Katja Schuurman as Herself - Host
The cast of Mission MTV - 2003 includes: Charlotte Karlinder as Herself - Host
National Mission for Manuscripts was created in 2003.