Astronomy / Space Beagle 2 is found!

I wouldn't exactly call that an image it is more like a few blurry pixels. Perhaps Beagle 2 is related to Bigfoot and is naturally blurry.
 
The finding of the Beagle 2 by the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter was reported by NASA in January 2015 with accompanying photographs:

https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/lost-2003-mars-lander-found-by-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter/

The latest announcement that the lander might have nearly completed deploying it's solar panel "petals" comes from image manipulation as reported here:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astr...avid-inson/new-clues-on-the-fate-of-beagle-2/

http://www.space.com/34685-europe-beagle-2-mars-lander-images.html

https://astronomynow.com/2016/11/11/did-a-failed-solar-panel-block-beagle-2s-antenna/

So far and yet so near (yes I know it's the wrong way round).
 
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