My fingers are still crossed...
26 December 2003Beagle 2 status report ...
Between 23:20 and 00:40 CET [2220 - 2340 UTC, 25 December] on 25/26 December, the 76-metre radio telescope dish at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, UK, attempted to detect a signal from the Beagle 2 lander. No signal was detected.
On 26 December, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will carry out another pass of the landing site at 19:14 CET [1814 UTC]. This will be followed up by another sweep by Jodrell Bank early on the morning of 27 December, between 00:20 and 01:00 CET [2320 UTC, 26 December - 0000 UTC, 27 December].
While initial attempts to detect a signal from the tiny spacecraft have failed, further efforts are scheduled whenever possible during the next few days.
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- Europe goes to Mars formatting link* Mars Express overviewformatting link* Christmas on Mars: be there with ESAformatting link* Getting it right: An interview with Rudi Schmidtformatting link* Testing times: An interview with Con McCarthyformatting link* A giant step for Europe: An interview with Michael McKayformatting linkRelated links
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