The ill-fated <i id="mwAcY"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_2" id="mwAcc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beagle 2">Beagle 2</a></i> probe, released from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Express" id="mwAcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mars Express">Mars Express</a> spacecraft on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_19" id="mwAck" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="December 19">December 19</a>, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.<sup about="#mwt241" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"theguardian.com"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-theguardian.com-46"}}' id="cite_ref-theguardian.com_46-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_25#cite_note-theguardian.com-46" id="mwAco" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 46;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAcs">[46]</span></a></sup>