英语泛读教程_4-Unit_2_Exploration.pptVIP

Background information With the Mars Express Beagle 2 lander set to touch down on the red planet in a little over a week’s time, Stuart Atkinson writes a letter to the lander that has the potential to change our understanding of Mars and our place in the universe. Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agency’s 2003 Mars Express(火星快车） mission. It is not known for certain whether the lander reached the Martian surface; all contact with it was lost upon Beagle its separation from the Mars Express six days before its scheduled entr