Mars Express Deploys Beagle 2 Lander

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at December 19, 2003 12:00 PM

Europe's Mars Express orbiter successfully ejected its Beagle-2 surface probe today, clearing the way for a Christmas Day landing of Beagle-2 and the insertion of Mars Express into orbit around the red planet. Both probes will search for signs of present or past life on Mars.