How the Beagle 2 was lost, then found, on Mars

Just south of Mars’ equator, abutting the Red Planet’s crater-studded highlands and smooth rolling lowlands, lies a broad plain wider than Texas, likely carved by a colossal impact more than 3.9 billion years ago. The blasted terrain of Isidis Planitia, a vast landscape of pitted ridges, light-colored ripples, and low dunes, today provides a foreverContinue reading “How the Beagle 2 was lost, then found, on Mars”
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