Mothership is last chance for Beagle 2 13:17 06 January 04 NewScientist.com news service Europe's Mars Express spacecraft is gearing up for a last-ditch attempt to make contact with the missing Beagle 2 lander. Beagle 2 has been completely silent since it entered the Martian atmosphere on Christmas Day. Several attempts by NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and the 76-metre Jodrell Bank radio dish in the UK have failed to pick up any signals from the British lander. Scientists say their best hope is that Mars Express, Beagle 2's mothership, will pick up transmissions from the lander when it flies over...
