Missing Beagle 2 Lander Spotted By NASA Orbiter | Video

Friday, January 16, 2015 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

Planetary geologist Timothy Parker of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab explains how the HiRise camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was tasked to locate Beagle 2, which landed on Christmas Day, 2003 but never successfully signaled Earth.

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