Beagle 2 Mars lander’s remains may have been spotted on red planet

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1. Long-lost Beagle 2 is spotted on Mars not far from its target

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/space/article4321575.ece

Long-lost Beagle 2 is spotted on Mars not far from its target
Hannah Devlin Science Editor
Published at 12:01AM, January 13 2015



It may have been named after the ship on which Charles Darwin sailed, but Britain’s ill-fated Mars mission became the Flying Dutchman of space exploration when it vanished without trace on Christmas Day in 2003.

Now, after more than a decade of radio silence, the remains of Beagle 2 appear to have been located tantalisingly close to the mission’s intended landing site.

The British Space Agency refused to confirm the remarkable find yesterday, saying it would be giving an “update” on the mission Friday.

However, a senior space scientist who has seen details of the findings told The Times that images ...

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