Beagle 3, Beagle 2: Evolution ( Eng. Beagle 3, Beagle 2: Evolution ) - a proposed mission to Mars , consisting of a landing module , whose purpose was to search for past and present life on Mars . Beagle-3 would be the successor to the failed British Beagle-2 mission (the mission ended in failure in 2003). The apparatus was nominated by Professor Colin Pillinger , a leading scientist who had worked with a previous failed mission. EADS Astrium played an important role in financing and developing the project. Colin Pillinger hoped to launch up to two lander modules as part of the orbiter in 2009, as part of the European Space Agency Aurora program. Named in honor of the Beagle ship on which Charles Darwin traveled.
The Beagle 3 mission was rejected by ESA in 2004. After that, Colin Pillinger suggested that NASA include the Beagle-3 module in the scientific equipment of the Mars Science Laboratory rover [1] [2] , but this proposal was also rejected.
See also
- Beagle 2
- Mission Exomars
- Life on Mars
- Mars reconnaissance orbiter
- Mars rover Mars Science Laboratory
Notes
- ↑ Rincon, Paul . 'Beagle 3' looks to American ride , BBC News (July 26, 2004). Date of treatment November 16, 2008.
- ↑ Highfield, Roger . Beagle 'may go to Mars on Nasa's flying bedstead' , The Telegraph (25 Aug 2004). Date of treatment November 16, 2008.