Without a Trace: Whereabouts of Beagle 2 Remain a Mystery

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at February 4, 2004 12:00 PM

Gone without a trace. The British-built Beagle 2 lander remains lost in action after attempting a landing on Mars late last year. The probe was ejected from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter now circling the red planet. A Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) high-resolution view of the Beagle 2 landing area was released January 30. Malin Space Science Systems of San Diego, operator of the MOC, issued the search imagery.