Mars Express Seeks Missing British Lander

Credit: EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Spacecraft controllers in Darmstadt, Germany, have given the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter an unwanted if not entirely unexpected first mission following its successful arrival at the red planet--trying to pick up a signal from Britain's Beagle 2 lander that rode the orbiter to Mars...

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