Mars mission inspires pupils

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at December 21, 2003 12:00 PM

Scientists hope the Beagle 2 mission to Mars will inspire greater interest in science among school students. The spacecraft is due to land on the surface of Mars on Christmas Day, having detached from its "mothership", the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, on Friday. The University of Leicester and the National Space Centre, also in Leicester, are using the mission as he basis for an educational pack available to schools.