update EU Mars Express, Beagle 2

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Update on the hunt for Beagle 2
11-Feb-04 15:21 GMT
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Summary

Whilst orbiting spacecraft continue to listen out for Beagle 2, the project has now officially moved on to assessing the possible reasons for the lack of communication.

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Full story

The project team has begun an in-house investigation into all the technical aspects of Beagle 2 to establish those areas of greatest risk and what might be done to alleviate them in a future mission. It will make all the information available to the official ESA/UK government inquiry announced by Lord Sainsbury. Such an inquiry is set up as a matter of routine following loss of any spacecraft. The inquiry could be greatly aided in the search for evidence if some Beagle 2 artefact, such as the parachute, can be identified by cameras scrutinising the possible landing site.

Recognising the public interest in tracing Beagle 2, we plan to report in a few weeks time, via this web site, about the team's progress into the investigation of the fate of Beagle 2.