2 jun 2003 ano - The European Space Agency Attempts Its First Planetary Mission With The Mars Express

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Mars Express consists of two parts, the Mars Express Orbiter and the Beagle 2, a lander designed to perform exobiology and geochemistry research. Although the lander failed to fully deploy after it landed on the Martian surface, the orbiter has been successfully performing scientific measurements since early 2004.