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Beagle 2 was a spacecraft lander which failed at landing. It was part of the Mars Express mission. | Beagle 2 was a spacecraft lander which failed at landing. It was part of the [[Mars Express]] mission. | ||
[[Image:Beagle2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An artists impression of the ill-fated British Beagle 2 lander on the surface of Mars.]] | [[Image:Beagle2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An artists impression of the ill-fated British Beagle 2 lander on the surface of Mars.]] | ||
:"''HMS Beagle'' was the ship that took Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world in the 1830s and led to our knowledge about life on Earth making a real quantum leap. We hope ''Beagle 2'' will do the same thing for life on [[Mars]]." - Colin Pillinger | :"''HMS Beagle'' was the ship that took Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world in the 1830s and led to our knowledge about life on Earth making a real quantum leap. We hope ''Beagle 2'' will do the same thing for life on [[Mars]]." - Colin Pillinger [[category:Landers]] | ||
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Overview
Beagle 2 was a spacecraft lander which failed at landing. It was part of the Mars Express mission.
- "HMS Beagle was the ship that took Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world in the 1830s and led to our knowledge about life on Earth making a real quantum leap. We hope Beagle 2 will do the same thing for life on Mars." - Colin Pillinger