Europe’s First Mars Lander Came ‘Excruciatingly Close’ to Success
Landing on Mars is laborious , but the European Space Agency ’s first attempt — the Beagle 2 investigation — came maddeningly close to being a success . In fact , a new 3D modeling psychoanalysis shows that the lander ’s loser to pass with the Earth was belike due to a single jammed solar control panel . A British space probe designed to hunt for sign of life on Mars , Beagle 2 was launch aboard ESA ’s Mars Express spacecraft in June 2003 ....