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Ecliptic Products, Projects and People and Partners in the Media: 2003

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2003 Dec 24 Space.com: Shuttles Will Return to Flight Upgraded With Added Technology
2003 Dec 23 MSNBC: The Year In Review: 2003 (Technology & Science/Space)
2003 Dec 22 Business Week: Free Enterprise on the Final Frontier
2003 Dec 18 New Scientist: First Private Rocket Ship Goes Supersonic
2003 Dec 18 Space.com: Exclusive: Photos of SpaceShipOne's Landing Mishap
2003 Dec 18 BBC: Private Plane Breaks Sound Speed
2003 Dec 18 Associated Press: Private Rocket Plane Breaks Sound Barrier
2003 Dec 17 Vulcan: Paul G. Allen Confirmed as Long-Rumored Sponsor of SpaceShipOne
2003 Dec 17 Space.com: Privately Funded SpaceShipOne Breaks Sound Barrier
2003 Dec 17 Scaled Composites: SpaceShipOne Breaks the Sound Barrier
2003 Dec 15 The Space Review: Suborbital Spaceflight: A Road to Orbit or a Dead End?
2003 Dec 12 Spaceflight Now: Delta IV Heavy Exposed
2003 Dec 10 Spaceflight Now: Boeing's Big Booster Journeys to the Launch Pad
2003 Dec 10 Florida Today: Boeing Rolls out Gigger Rocket; Delta 4 Heavy One Contender to Carry Future Space Plane
2003 Dec 10 Boeing: Delta IV Heavy Completes Rollout
2003 Dec 9 Space.com: Alternate Universe: Human Spaceflight Without NASA?
2003 Dec 9 Space Today: SpaceShipOne Performs Seventh Glide Flight
2003 Dec 5 Pasadena Star News: Caltech to Host Seminar on Market for Private Space Ventures
2003 Dec 2 NASA: Mars Rovers Head For Exciting Landings In January
2003 Dec 2 Spaceflight Now: Atlas Soars on Secret Mission Under Cover of Darkness
2003 Nov 29 Space.com: SpaceShipOne Racks Up Sixth Test Flight
2003 Nov 25 International Launch Services: ILS to Launch Satellite on Atlas for NRO
2003 Nov 24 Space News: Your Mission is Our Mission (RocketCam images featured in Lockheed Martin/ILS full-page ad, back cover)
2003 Nov 20 Space.com: Space Ship One Soars on Fifth Flight Test
2003 Nov 19 Spaceflight Now: Heavy-lifting Delta 4 Rocket to Take Test Flight
2003 Nov 17 NASA/KSC: Gravity Probe B Launch Postponed
2003 Nov 10 XCOR Aerospace : XCOR Passes Major Regulatory Milestone, Submits First “Sufficiently Complete” RLV Launch License Application
2003 Nov 7 Popular Science: Best of What's New — Aviation & Space: Tier One (Grand Award Winner)
2003 Nov 7 Popular Science: Best of What's New — Aviation & Space: SIRTF
2003 Nov 3 Space.com: Private Spaceship Control Problems Prompt Fixes
2003 Oct 27 Space Today: SpaceShipOne Completes Fourth Drop Test
2003 Oct 20 Scientific American: Light Sails to Orbit
2003 Oct 15 Ad Astra (National Space Society): Burt Rutan's Personal Space
2003 Oct 15 Ad Astra (National Space Society): RocketCam
2003 Oct 10 The Scotsman (Scotland): Who'll Be First With Star Ship Private Enterprise?
2003 Oct 10 Popular Science: 7 Flights Into to Future
2003 Oct 9 Space.com: X-Prize Update: SpaceShipOne's Third Drop Test
2003 Oct 5 The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH): Spaceship for Tourists no Mere Flight of Fancy
2003 Sep 29 The Space Review: SpaceShipOne: A Progress Reportvideo
2003 Sep 28 Newsweek (Oct 6 issue): Let's Go to Space!
2003 Sep 26 Associated Press: Two Teams Poised for Manned Spaceflight
2003 Sep 24 NASA Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) at Caltech: SIRTF RocketCam™ Images
2003 Sep 23 Mars Today: MER B Injection to Mars Captured by RocketCam
2003 Sep 22 Astronomy Picture of the Day: Rocket to Mars
2003 Sep 22 Scaled Composites (on Space Daily): Scaled Composites Completes Development Phase For SpaceShipOne Engine
2003 Sep 19 The Planetary Society: Cosmos 1 Launch Planned for Early 2004
2003 Sep 18 Space.com: SpaceDev Snags Scaled Composites' Suborbital Rocket Plane Contract
2003 Sep 18 NASA: Introduction to Space Shuttle Return to Flight Planning Media Workshop
2003 Sep 15 Space.com: Commercial Mission to Host NASA Space Compass Test (article about Team Encounter's solar sail mision)
2003 Sep 15 Space.com: Low-Cost Small Satellite Launch Options Better for Non-U.S. Firms (Ecliptic comments about small satellite markets)
2003 Sep 15 Houston Business Journal: NASA Logs On for Team Encounter in Space
2003 Sep 12 Space.com: Hybrid Rocket Motor for X PRIZE Entry SpaceShipOne Tested
2003 Sep 8 NASA: Return to Flight Implementation Plan, September 2003
2003 Sep 8 Houston Chronicle: $6.5 Million NASA Deal for Local Firm
2003 Sep 6 Aviation Week & Space Technology: First Boeing Delta IV Heavy Candidate to Launch the OSP Is Assembled for Tests
2003 Sep 6 New York Times: NASA Plan Lists Changes to Resume Shuttle Flights
2003 Sep 4 NASA: NASA Selects Commercial Space Ride for Technology Experiment
2003 Sep 4 Astronomy: SIRTF Comes to Life
2003 Sep 3 BBC: Balloonists Vow to Come Back
2003 Sep 3 Nature.com: Burst Balloon Dashes Launch Hopes
2003 Sep 3 Space.com: Testing Continues for Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne
2003 Sep 3 CNN.com/World : 'Space' Balloon Bid Delayed Again
2003 Sep 2 BBC: UK Balloonists Given Go-ahead
2003 Sep 2 CNN Europe: '95% Chance' of Balloon Launch
2003 Sep 1 Space News: Columbia Accident Investigation Board: The Verdict Is In (Shuttle RocketCam photo featured on front page and on p. 16)
2003 Sep 1 BBC: UK Balloon Bid All Set
2003 Sep 1 Newsday: British Pilots to Attempt Balloon Record
2003 Sep 1 CNN: Countdown to World Balloon Attempt
2003 Sep 1 New Scientist: Record-breaking Balloon Flight Set To Go
2003 Aug 29 Space.com: Delta 4 Lofts Final DSCS Satellite to Orbit for Military
2003 Aug 29 Spaceflight Now: Delta 4 Rocket Delivers Last Air Force DSCS Satellite
2003 Aug 28 Scaled Composites: Photos of Aug 27 Glide Test for SpaceShipOne
2003 Aug 27 Florida Today: Delta 4 Poised To Launch, Carry Craft
2003 Aug 26 New York Times: Eyes on a Prize, Entrepreneurs Seek to Launch a New Industry
2003 Aug 26 CAIB: Columbia Accident Investigation Board Releases Final Report
2003 Aug 25 Spaceflight Now: 300th Delta Rocket Launches New Window on Universe
2003 Aug 25 Space.com: Final 'Great Observatory' Lofted into Orbit by Delta 2
2003 Aug 25 Astrobiology Magazine: Infrared Telescope Lifts Off
2003 Aug 22 Nature: Last of NASA's Great Observatories Flies the Nest
2003 Aug 21 Spaceflight Now: U.S. Space Rendezvous System Passes Design Review
2003 Aug 15 NASA: Image of the Day: Launch of the Spirit Rover Toward Mars
2003 Aug 11 Space News: Defense Business Helps Boeing Retain Top Spot
2003 Aug 11 MSN: Wallpaper Your Desktop With a RocketCam™ Shot!
2003 Aug 11 New Scientist: Private Spacecraft Performs Crucial Test Flight
2003 Aug 11 Science@NASA: Anticipating Earthquakes
2003 Aug 9 Space.com: X Prize Contestant Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne Flies
2003 Aug 6 Space.com: Riding the Sun: Maiden Flight Looms for Solar Sail Satellite
2003 Aug 4 Astronomy: Two Key Missions Set for August Launch
2003 Aug 4 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Eye on the Prize: Aviation Pioneer Angling to Send Civilians into Space Tells EAA It's No Pipe Dream
2003 Aug 2 Astronomy: From Kitty Hawk to Spacevideo
2003 Jul 31 Washington Post: Digital Cameras Urged for Space Shuttle
2003 Jul 31 Florida Today: Board: Get Better Cameras on Shuttle
2003 Jul 31 ITAR/TASS (Russia): Spacecraft to be Blasted Off from Submarine in Barents Sea
2003 Jul 31 Russian Information Agency Novosti: Russia Develops World's Most Economical Spacecraft
2003 Jul 30 Wired News: Solar Sail Plying Turbulent Seas
2003 Jul 30 ABC News: Remembering a Rebel: Oliver Harwood Fought Hard for a Space Station of a Different Design
2003 Jul 30 Columbia Accident Investigation Board: Columbia Accident Investigation Board Issues Preliminary Recommendation Five: On-Board Ascent Imaging
2003 Jul 29 Spaceflight Now: 300th Delta Rocket to Launch Last Air Force DSCS Satellite
2003 Jul 29 The Space Review: The Regulatory Hurdles to Commercial Human Spaceflight
2003 Jul 28 NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Launch of the Spirt Rover Toward Mars
2003 Jul 28 The Planetary Society: Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Unfurls One of Its 47-Foot Blades At Centennial of Flight In NY
2003 Jul 28 The Planetary Report: RocketCam™ Views from MER A Launch on Cover
2003 Jul 26 Team Encounter: Humanity's First Starship Brings Science Fiction Into Reality
2003 Jul 26 Spaceflight Now: Space Entrepreneurs Seek Regulatory Relief
2003 Jul 21 Space.com: Freedom to Fly? Civilian Rocketeers Face Regulatory Roadblocks
2003 Jul 18 AP/Orlando Sentinel: Most Powerful Atlas Rocket Carries Cablevision Satellite Into Space
2003 Jul 17 Space.com: Cablevision Satellite Lofted by Most Powerful Atlas 5 Rocket Yet video
2003 Jul 17 Spaceflight Now: Enhanced Version of Atlas 5 Rocket Debuts Successfully
2003 Jul 15 Spaceflight Now: Atlas 5 Rocket Carrying Three Onboard Video Cameras
2003 Jul 14 USA Today: Shuttle Board: Improve Pictures
2003 Jul 14 Space News: Space Entrepreneurs Starry-Eyed Over Potential for Space Tourism
2003 Jul 11 The Guardian (UK): Brits With Altitude Prepare to Float Into Space in a Giant Balloon
2003 Jul 10 Utah State Today: The Wright Machine at the Wright Time
2003 Jul 9 Astrobiology Magazine: The World Goes to Mars
2003 Jul 8 Space.com: Mars Rover Opportunity Finally Launched to Red Planet
2003 Jul 7 Spaceflight Now: Atlas 5 Fitted With a Rainbow
2003 Jul 7 National Geographic Today: Edge-of-Space Ship Designers View for Sky-High Prize
2003 Jul 6 Spaceflight Now: Space Sailing Test Could Launch Within Months
2003 Jul 4 Washington Post: Flight Centennial Takes Off In Wrights' Home Town
2003 Jul 3 Aerospace Daily: Scaled Composites Files Application For SpaceShipOne Launch License
2003 Jul 2 Orlando (FL) Sentinel: Take Better Photos When Shuttle Flies, NASA Advised
2003 Jul 1 ABC News/AP: Columbia Photos Botched, Officials Say
2003 Jun 27 Astronomy Picture of the Day: SpaceShipOne
2003 Jun 16 Popular Science (July cover story): Burt Builds Your Ride to Space
2003 Jun 12 Business Standard (India): Ready for a Private Space Mission?
2003 Jun 11 Yahoo!/AP: NASA May Plan Extreme Shuttle Inspections
2003 Jun 11 NZOOM.com (New Zealand): Robot Rover Headed to Mars
2003 Jun 10 Space.com: Boeing Delta II Sends Spirit Soaring Toward Red Planet
2003 Jun 10 Washington Post: NASA Launches Mars Rover [see link to video]
2003 Jun 10 BBC: Rover Heads to Red Planet
2003 Jun 10 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: NASA Launches Spirit Rover to Mars
2003 Jun 10 Spaceflight Now: 'Spirit' Rover Begins Seven-Month Cruise to Mars
2003 Jun 10 Sky.com (UK): Search for Life on Mars
2003 Jun 5 Charlotte Observer (NC): Goal of Solar Sailing in Space Picks Up Wind
2003 Jun 1 IEEE Communications Magazine: From Interplanetary Internet to the Future of Multimedia
2003 May 31 Space.com: Private Spaceship Undergoes Sky-High Test
2003 May 23 BBC: Private Spacecraft Tested
2003 May 22 Space Daily: Wright Flyer Takes to the Sky in Las Vegas as Tour Continues
2003 May 7 Space.com: Rocketeers: Setting Their Sights on Suborbital Flights
2003 May 1 The Economist: The First Commercial Zero-Gravity Flights May Soon Take Off
2003 Apr 21 Aviation Now: Scaled Composites Unveils Its Privately Funded Manned Space Program
2003 Apr 19 SpaceToday.net: Rutan Unveils Reusable Suborbital Spaceship
2003 Apr 7 BBC: Preparations Begin for Balloon Flight
2003 Mar 27 BBC: Balloonists Prepare Altitude Attempt
2003 Mar 20 Salt Lake Tribune: Building on the Wright Idea
2003 Mar 19 ROP [in Russia]: Rocket Camera RocketCam Become Increasingly Popular [in Russian]
2003 Mar 14 Utah State University: Utah State Wright Flyer Takes to the Skies [RocketCam video in left sidebar]
2003 Mar 12 Ecliptic/PR Newswire: Delta IV Launch Success Ushers in Record Year for Ecliptic's RocketCam™
2003 Mar 12 Dayton [Ohio] Daily News: Wright Flyer Look-Alike Takes to Air
2003 Mar 11 Florida Today: Delta 4 Carries Military Satellite Into Orbit
2003 Mar 10 ABCNews.com: Delta 4 Sends Up Its First U.S. Air Force Satellite
2003 Mar 10 SpaceflightNow.com: Delta 4 Rocket Successfully Begins Military Service
2003 Mar 5 SpaceflightNow.com: Delta 4 Rocket Poised for First U.S. Air Force Launch
2003 Feb 26 Denver Post: Small Satellites Put Company in Orbit
2003 Feb 10 Chip Online (Germany): Shuttle-Start im Internet aus Raketen-Perspekive
2003 Feb 5 Washington Post: Simulations Have Tested Effects of Launch Debris
2003 Feb 3 Times Picayune (New Orleans): Sprayed-on Tank Insulation is First Focus of NASA Investigation
2003 Feb 3 Florida Today: NASA Scours Data
2003 Feb 3 CNN: Mars Rover Snaps Microscopic Photos of Soil
2003 Jan 28 SpaceRef.com: Global Space League to take Young Scientists' Experiments Above the Clouds and Below the Sea
2003 Jan 27 Space News: Ecliptic Launches a Success with RocketCam
2003 Jan 15 Photonics Spectra Magazine: Cameras Monitor Rocket Launch
2003 Jan 13 SpaceDev/PR Newswire: Successful Launch of SpaceDev Spacecraft

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