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[AJ]

The 250 ft (76 m) Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in
Cheshire, UK, was turned towards Mars between 19.30 GMT and midnight on
28th December, but no response was received from the Beagle 2 lander.

This will be Jodrell Bank's last opportunity for some time to listen for
a signal from Beagle 2. The longer day on Mars means that the planet has
rotated so that the Beagle 2 landing site on Isidis Planitia is no
longer above the horizon at the observatory when the spacecraft should
be transmitting its pulsing "Morse Code" call.

The Stanford University radio telescope in California also attempted to
search for Beagle's signal on the night of 27-28th December, but no data
were received.
Earlier on the evening of 28th December, no signal from Beagle 2 was
received by the Mars Odyssey orbiter during its pass over the landing
site. The next communication opportunity with Mars Odyssey will take
place at 07.41 GMT this morning.

Other opportunities to communicate with Beagle 2, including sessions
with Mars Express, are listed on the
www.beagle2.com/landing/timeline.htm

The Beagle 2 Team.

[AJ]

The latest attempts to communicate with Beagle 2 via the Lovell
Telescope at Jodrell Bank and the Mars Odyssey spacecraft have been
unsuccessful. However, the Beagle 2 team has not given up hope and
continues to be optimistic that efforts to contact the lander will
eventually be successful.

This message was also reinforced by Lord Sainsbury, UK Minister for
Science and Innovation, who this morning joined members of the Beagle 2
team to answer questions about the status of the project.

Malin Space Science Systems has also provided the Beagle 2 team with a
picture of the landing site taken by the camera on Mars Global Surveyor
20 minutes after the spacecraft's scheduled touchdown. It shows that the
weather was quite good on the day Beagle landed, so it was unlikely to
be a factor in the descent. The next opportunity to image the landing
site with Mars Global Surveyor will not be until 5 January.

The image showing the centre of Beagle 2's landing ellipse also shows a
1 km wide crater. There is just an outside possibility that the lander
could have touched down inside this crater, resulting in problems caused
by steep slopes, large number of rocks or disruption to communication
from the lander. This image is now available on the Beagle 2 website.

Please see the full story on www.beagle2.com.

The Beagle 2 Team.