Long lost spacecraft found on Mars.

A British-built space probe which
vanished 11 years ago has been
found on the surface of Mars,
making it the first European
spacecraft to land successfully on
the red planet.
Beagle 2, part of a European Space
Agency’s Mars Express mission
searching for extraterrestrial life,
had been due to land on Mars on
December 25, 2003, but
disappeared on December 19.
Space experts at London’s Royal
Society Scientific Institution said on
Friday that the tiny Mars lander had
been found in recent images from
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter.
“The entry, descent and landing
sequence for Beagle 2 worked and
the lander did successfully touch
down on Mars on Christmas Day
2003,” the UK Space Agency said in a
statement.
Leicester University’s Mark Sims,
Beagle 2’s mission manager, said
that while the spacecraft had failed
to communicate any data from
Mars, it had succeeded in getting to
its target, landing, and inspiring
scientists.
“Overall, I would say Beagle 2 was a
great success,” Sims said, adding
that the find was exciting,
frustrating and “tinged with
sadness” because its creator
Colin Pillinger did not live to see it..

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