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Past New Millennium missions include:

• Deep Space 1, standalone spacecraft testing solar electric propulsion, autonomous operation etc; successful mission 1998- 2001 including comet and asteroid encounters
• Deep Space 2, Mars surface penetrators flown with Mars Polar Lander in 1999; failed
• Earth Observing 1 , launched in 2000; successful [1] (see also Earth Observing System)

Cancelled missions:

• Earth Observing 2 was cancelled in 1998
• Deep Space 4/ Space Technology 4, also known as Champollion, was planned for launch in 2003 to orbit and land on comet Tempel 1 and return a sample in 20102010 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). See also: 2010: Odyssey Two Events January 15 Annular solar eclipse (The longest lasting annular eclipse of the 21st century. February 12 to February 28 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled in Va; it was cancelled in 1999

Planned missions include:

• Earth Observing 3 , also known as GIFTS ( Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform SpectrometerFourier transform spectroscopy is a measurement technique whereby spectra are collected based on the response from a pulse of electromagnetic radiation. It can be applied to variety of types of spectroscopy including infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear) -- launch 20052005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated: The World Year of Physics The International Year of Microcredit The International Year for Sport and Physical Education The United States Year of Foreign- 62006 is a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has been designated: The International Year of Deserts and Desertification Predicted events January 9 Planned launch date of New Horizons February 28 Mardi Gras February 9 Independence r
• Space Technology 5 , a cluster of three satellites investigating the Earth's magnetosphereA magnetosphere is the region around an astronomical object, in which phenomena are dominated by its magnetic field. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the magnetized planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury is magnetized, but too planned for 20052005 is a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). It has been designated: The World Year of Physics The International Year of Microcredit The International Year for Sport and Physical Education The United States Year of Foreign
• Space Technology 6 , autonomy (Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment aboard Earth Observing 1 in 2004) and navigation (Inertial Stellar Compass to fly 2004/ 5)
• Space Technology 7 , disturbance reduction technology to support gravitational wave observations; launch 2006 on LISA Pathfinder
• Space Technology 8 , launch 2005- 6