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The Beagle has landed - or has it?
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THE Beagle may have landed - but its 250-million-mile trek to find
life on Mars stalled last night after the British spacecraft
resolutely refused to show any life of its own.
A signal that should have been transmitted via NASA's Mars Odyssey
orbiter to indicate Beagle 2's arrival on the Red Planet failed to
materialise yesterday.
After a day of silence, British scientists feared the probe's
landing equipment may have malfunctioned and it had hit the surface
at a speed of up to...
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Silent Beagle could be stuck in large crater
The Scotsman
; FIRST they admitted that communications between Beagle 2 and the nearest spacecraft had never been tested. Now scientists leading Britain's Mars mission have revealed that the probe may be stranded in a deep crater, which was only spotted 20 minutes after the craft was due to land. The latest
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No signal from Beagle detected yet
Oakland Tribune
; ... insisting it was too early to lose heart. We are not in any way giving up yet," Colin Pillinger, chief Beagle scientist, said at a news conference earlier in the day. "We will hang on testing and waiting and checking with Beagle 2 until Mars Express is able to ...
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From deep space only silence, as fears grow for Britain's Beagle 2 mission to Mars
Daily Mail
; ... which in turn should have sent the good news to mission control in London. After its ... University building in Camden to relay the news to the world that their spacecraft had ... 5am, Colin Pillinger burst in with happy news. Not about Beagle; that was still an hour ...
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Mars team still hoping to find missing Beagle
Bristol Evening Post
; THE chief scientist behind Britain's mission to Mars said he was not giving up hope of finding the missing Beagle 2. Professor Colin Pillinger, who was born in Kingswood, said scientists were just beginning their search for the craft, which was due to land on the Red Planet on Christmas Day.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Scientists wait for Beagle to phone home.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; ... the Jodrell Bank signal would include no data. Earlier, members of the Beagle 2 team and their guests heard the frustrating news at the Open University's offices in Camden, north London. The project's chief scientist, Professor Colin Pillinger, who led an ...
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Interview: Martin Redfern discusses how British scientists are still waiting for a signal from Beagle 2
NPR Special
; ALEX CHADWICK NPR Special 12-25-2003 Interview: Martin Redfern discusses how British scientists are still waiting for a signal from Beagle 2 Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 4:00-5:00 PM (Soundbite of music) ALEX CHADWICK, host: Early this morning in Britain as children listened for the sound of reindeer
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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Mars Express in search of Beagle.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England)
; Byline: By David Lucas Europe's Mars Express orbiter blasted into a new path around the Red Planet yesterday, a key manoeuvre that boosted mission controllers' hopes of tracking down the elusive Beagle 2 lander. The move also cleared the way for the mother ship to probe deep beneath the surface
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The Beagle has landed - or has it?
The Scotsman
; THE Beagle may have landed - but its 250-million-mile trek to find life on Mars stalled last night after the British spacecraft resolutely refused to show any life of its own. A signal that should have been transmitted via NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to indicate Beagle 2's arrival on the Red Planet
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Express looking for its Beagle 2
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; BERLIN -- Europe's Mars Express orbiter blasted into a new path around the Red Planet on Tuesday, heading toward a new course that allows it to search for the missing Beagle 2 lander while conducting its own mission of using radar to probe deep beneath the surface. Mars Express fired its main
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Jodrell Bank in hunt for Beagle 2; `We're not giving up'.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; Byline: John von Radowitz and Ju-LinTa n SCIENTISTS were making a second attempt last night to search for Britain 's missing Mars probe Beagle 2 using a powerful radio telescope. The 250ft Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire on Christmas Day failed to detect a faint signal from the craft,
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