One year on - students celebrate the YES2 tether success25 September 2008
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One year on - students celebrate the YES2 tether success25 September 2008 Today, one year after, the intriguing story of the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment has reached its conclusion. After a lengthy investigation, European engineers are now confident that they have solved most of the mysteries surroundi...
YES2 team claims a space tether world record08 November 2007
YES2 team claims a space tether world record08 November 2007 On 25 September, students around the world watched with bated breath as their creation, the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment, reached its dramatic conclusion.
Our Russian adventure: solving the mystery of YES215 October 2007
Our Russian adventure: solving the mystery of YES215 October 2007 On 25 September, the second Young Engineers Satellite (YES2) experiment captured the headlines when a small capsule was to be cut free from the end of the longest tether ever designed to be deployed in space. However, no signal was ever received from...
Foton-M3 experiments return to Earth26 September 2007
Foton-M3 experiments return to Earth26 September 2007 The reentry capsule for the Foton-M3 spacecraft, which has been in low-Earth orbit for the last 12 days, successfully landed this morning in an uninhabited area 150 km south of the town of Kustanay in Kazakhstan, close to the Russian border, at 09:58...
YES2 student payload released from Foton-M325 September 2007
YES2 student payload released from Foton-M325 September 2007 The Second Young Engineers’ Satellite (YES2) was activated and separated from the Foton-M3 spacecraft earlier today. The tether deployed for 8.5 km, after which the Fotino capsule was released on its way to Earth.
Our Russian adventure: part 521 September 2007
Our Russian adventure: part 521 September 2007 Well this is it: we’re in the final stages. After over five years of talking, planning, building, testing and more testing we have arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the final phase of the YES2 adventure.
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