What is the Beagle 2?
Q: What is the Beagle 2?
A: The Beagle 2 is a British Mars lander.
Q: When was the Beagle 2 carried to Mars?
A: The Beagle 2 was carried to Mars in 2003 by the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission.
Q: What was the Beagle 2 designed to do?
A: The Beagle 2 was an astrobiology mission that was designed to look for past life on the shallow surface of Mars.
Q: Who led the team that conceived the Beagle 2?
A: The team that conceived the Beagle 2 was led by Professor Colin Pillinger of the Open University.
Q: When was the Beagle 2 declared lost by ESA?
A: The Beagle 2 was declared lost in February 2004 after several attempts to contact the spacecraft were unsuccessful.
Q: How was Beagle 2's fate discovered?
A: Beagle 2's fate was discovered in January 2015 when it was found on the surface of Mars by a series of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera.
Q: Why was Beagle 2 named after HMS Beagle?
A: Beagle 2 was named after HMS Beagle, the ship used by Charles Darwin.
