Scientists begin anxious wait for Beagle to phone home from Mars

BEAGLE 2’s chief scientist said last night he was not giving up on finding the missing British Mars probe.

Professor Colin Pillinger said scientists were just beginning their search for the craft, which should have landed on the Red Planet early on Christmas Day.

Last night they failed to pick up a faint signal from Beagle 2 using the powerful radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.