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Beagle-2 Lander Found on Mars

Colour image of Beagle-2 on Mars
EU–(ENEWSPF)–16 January 2015.  The UK-led Beagle-2 Mars lander, which hitched a ride on ESA’s Mars Express mission and was lost on Mars since 2003, has been found in images taken by a NASA orbiter at the Red Planet.

Beagle-2 was released from its mother craft on 19 December 2003 and was due to land six days later. But nothing was heard from the lander after its scheduled touchdown, and…

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