Beagle 2 reached the surface in 2003, but it was not known until 2015, a professor says. Thirteen plaques will be unveiled across the UK to celebrate Beagle 2, the first British and European spacecraft to successfully land on another planet. The lander touched down on Mars on Christmas Day 2003, but, due to a communications error, it was... [896 chars]
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