Scientists lift veil on Beagle 3

Posted on: Nov. 3rd, 2004 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

The team behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars has unveiled its design for the successor to the British spacecraft.

At a London meeting, Colin Pillinger, lead scientist on the previous venture, outlined plans for putting a new robotic lab on the Red Planet

Scientists hope to launch two landing craft from an orbiter that could fly in 2009 as part of Europe's Aurora programme of space exploration.

"This is us putting our cap in the ring," Professor Pillinger commented.

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