It looks more and more like the ESA Mars lander "Beagle 2" has been lost for good. Beagle's mothership, Mars Express, continues to orbit the Red Plant in "listening-only" mode, hoping for signs of life from the Beagle lander. So far, its attempts have been met with only silence. Beagle 2 hasn't been heard from since it was ordered by controllers in Germany to begin its landing sequence on Mars. Attempts by NASA's Mars Odyssey failed to pick up any indication that the Beagle had survived the plunge into the Martian atmosphere. Powerful radio telescopes on Earth listened and heard nothing. They even scanned the Martian surface, hoping to spot signs of faint radiation emanating from Beagle. But those attempts were not successful.