Welsh Space Agency - Jupiter Mission

Welsh

Space

Agency

Jupiter Mission 2004

Cerrigydrudion to Callisto

Official Mission Website

W.A.S.A.

Launch date		15th January 1987
Mission end		31st March 2011 (or forever, whichever is the later)
Launch vehicle		Cymru III
Crew		(1) Dilwyn Griffiths (Gofodwr) + a dog
Mission phase		Callisto orbit

Read Newsletter #1 here

Cymru III - The Movie
Dilwyn's video footage has now transferred from betamax and is on the interweb. Click the telly* and have a shufty.

* 50p may be required for the meter..

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"Blindly going where no-one has bothered to go before"

WELCOME
to the official mission homepage of the
Welsh Space Agency (W.A.S.A.)

Among these pages you'll find news, pictures and updates on all WASA missions - past, present and future.

Current Mission :

Launched in 1987, Cymru III is arguably our most ambitious, if under-invested, mission. Cymrunaut Dilwyn Griffiths and his faithful, if useless hound, Megan will attempt a tricky landing manoevre onto the surface of Jupiter's moon, Callisto. Once there, they will embark upon a mineral and gemstone recovery process. Then we will find out if we should have heeded all the advice regarding the return to earth when we attempt to bring them and their precious cargo home again.

Watch this space...

Anyway, please feel free to peruse the following pages at your leisure, and then go and buy a mug from our Tea Rooms. It's only fair.

Cymru III Photo Gallery

A last look home from some 38,000 km away. An unusually clear day on earth - you can even make out the equator.

First Pictures from Callisto
After orbit insertion. Altitude 450 km. Smallest resolution, 18m +/- 1m.	Altitude 420 km. Impact crater showing complete erosion. Crater diam. approx. 6 km.
Near infrared image. As Cymru 3 rounded the dark side of Callisto, this spectacular active volcano showed up. Mission control could barely contain their excitement. Before Cymru 3, Callisto was thought to be completely inert.	Clear signs that the surface has been molten in recent geological times. Stress fracture showing in North West. This image at 77 degrees latitude.
This image was taken from altitude 375km. 44N030W Evidence that water once flowed on Callisto. The ridge at the top of the picture is as high as Woolworths in Wrexham or 1km high (whichever is the higher).