Professor Colin Pillinger to give Royal Institution Lecture at UCLan

Professor Colin Pillinger to give Royal Institution Lecture at UCLan

13th December 2006 at 7.30 pm

Darwin Building Lecture Theatre, University of Central Lancashire

Beagle 2 was due to land on Mars on 25th December 2003. The spacecraft was ejected successfully from Mars Express on 19th December 2003 but nothing has been heard from the lander on the Martian surface and the mission is presumed lost. In spite of this, MarsExpress has been very successful in its mission. Join Professor Colin Pillinger, lead scientist for Beagle 2, on the third anniversary of the mission as he talks about this inspiring space venture and his future plans for reaching Mars.

To book tickets for this free event, please visit the Ri website at www.rigb.org or call the Ri events team on 0207 4092992. The local contact for this lecture is Dr. Robert Walsh, Centre for Astrophysics.

A PDF version of the flyer is found here.