Milestone for Mars lander

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at July 7, 2003 12:00 PM

The Beagle 2 lander has passed its first routine "health check" on the journey to Mars. Engineers made contact with the module at the weekend to test various systems as it hurtled towards the Red Planet onboard Mars Express. It appears to be in good shape for the 400-million-kilometre journey.