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Mars Express / Beagle 2

2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent

Mars Express / Beagle 2

Mars Express remains a major orbiter; Beagle 2 failed to fully deploy.

Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2003
Lead / partner
ESA
Target
Mars
Category
Orbiter / lander
Status
Partial success
Vehicle
Soyuz-FG
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown
Duration
6 months (planned)

Why it happened

Mars Express / Beagle 2 flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of ESA's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Mars Express remains a major orbiter; Beagle 2 failed to fully deploy.

Results

Mars Express remains a major orbiter; Beagle 2 failed to fully deploy.

Related missions

Mars Express … Spirit & Opportunity — same_target Spirit & Oppo… Mars Odyssey — same_target Mars Odyssey Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — same_target Mars Reconnai… Phoenix — same_target Phoenix

Sources & image credits

  • Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net) ., via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog