Craft to Land on Mars on Christmas Day

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at November 11, 2003 12:00 PM

A British-built craft designed to scour the surface of Mars for signs of life is scheduled to land on the planet on Christmas Day, scientists said Tuesday. The Beagle 2 lander is traveling aboard the European Space Agency's Mars Express craft, launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 2, 2003.