Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at December 30, 2003 12:00 PM

Britain's Beagle 2 space probe may be stranded in a giant crater on Mars. Scientists have been unable to contact the tiny £35million craft since it landed on the Red Planet on Christmas Day. Since then they have discovered a crater, hundreds of metres deep, in the middle of the probe’s landing area. If it IS in the hole, Beagle 2 could not communicate with Earth.