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YEAR
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DATE
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EVENT
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2011
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: Test for the flight model in Japan
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2010
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: Design fix / start of building for the flight model
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2008
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: Test for the thermal model and engineering model in Japan and Netherlands
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2007
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December
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: Design fix / start of building for the thermal model and engineering model
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2006
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Sep 26-28
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[ESA/JAXA] MMO/MPO spacecraft: The 3rd Science Working Team (SWT) Meeting (Padova)
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2006
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Jun 20
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: The 4th MMO SWG (ISAS)
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2006
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Jun 19
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: The 4th MMO design meeting (ISAS)
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2006
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Mar 22
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: The 3rd MMO SWG (Kyoto)
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2006
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Jan 10
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[JAXA] MMO spacecraft: The 3rd MMO design meeting (ISAS)
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2005
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April
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[JAXA] MMO: Phase-B start (-2006FY)
Domestic: "Mercury Science meeting" and "MMO Design meeting" -- 4 meetings each in 2005 FY
International: "BepiColombo Science WG" and "MMO / MPO Science Sub-WG meetings" -- 3 meetings each in 2005 FY
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2004
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November
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[ESA/JAXA] Formal selection of MPO & MMO payloads
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2004
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March-July
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[ESA/JAXA] Annoucement of Opportunity (MMO) / Requiest for Proposals (MPO) for payloads
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2003
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December
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[JAXA] ISAS gave up to insert NOZOMI (launched in 1998) into the Mars orbit
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2003
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November
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[ESA] SPC(Science Program Committee) cancelled the Mercury lander MSE,
but confirmed that BepiColombo is a solid component in the newly revised Cosmic Vision Program.
MPO and MMO: to be launched no later than the 2012 launch window.
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2003
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October
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[JAXA] ISAS, NAL and NASDA were merged into one independent administrative institution: the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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2003
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July
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[ISAS] Approval of the "BepiColombo" project in Space Activities Commission (SAC)
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2003
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May
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[ISAS] Asteroid mission HAYABUSA (Muses-C) was successfully launched.
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2002
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January
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[ISAS] Approval of the "BepiColombo" project in Steering Committee for Space Science
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2001
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September
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[Japan/Euro] International Mercury science workshop (ISAS)
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2000
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December
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[ESA/ISAS] First ESA-ISAS meeting
[Hereafter, there have been formal meetings per several months & and more frequent informal meetings.]
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2000
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October
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[ESA] Selection of "BepiColombo" as the 5th Cornerstone mission |
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2000
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September
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[ISAS] ISAS announced to proceed the "BepiColombo" project in collaboration with ESA.
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1999
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November
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[ESA] ESA proposed the "Joint Mercury mission" with ISAS.
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1998
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November
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[ISAS] Proposal of "Mercury Exploration Plan" by the H-II launcher.
Start of detailed investigation (thermal design, etc.)
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1997
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June
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[Japan] Organization of the Mercury Exploration WG.
The examination of the spacecraft concept was officially started.
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1988-96
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[Japan] Informal studies of science, orbital design, etc. for Mercury exploration.
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