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Europe’s First Mars Lander Came ‘Excruciatingly Close’ To Success
Landing on Mars is hard, but the European Space Agency’s first attempt — the Beagle 2 probe — came maddeningly close to being a complete success. In fact, a new 3D modelling analysis shows that the lander’s failure to communicate with the Earth was likely due to a single jammed solar panel.