June 2015
Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander
... real cause for the loss of Beagle 2. Nevertheless, from the evidence now available, Christmas Day 2003 marks the UK & Europe’s first and successful landing on another body in our Solar System. Beagle 2 as it should have deployed...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
...without being able to send its data back to Earth. Prof Mark Sims, of Leicester University, said the concept was “unique” and ...landed as planned and some of its solar panels had opened. Prof Sims, who worked on Beagle 2, says that he and others who ...
