I couldn’t believe it when I read the story this morning.  The Beagle 2 probe has been found, and partially intact even.  It’s been more than eleven years since the 2003 Christmas day launch of Beagle 2 by the European Space Agency, presumed lost forever after months of attempts at establishing communication. Many scientists had assumed that Beagle 2 had smashed into Mars at high-velocity, destroying it completely, but photos from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)  clearly show the lander made it to the ground safely.  The issue seems to be that the Beagle’s deployable ‘petals’ did not unfurl completely.  The...