Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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An intriguing box of bits is waiting to be unpacked at the museum's stores in Wiltshire. Featuring a mysterious melted keyboard and a parachute, the story these objects have to tell will take us back to the early 2000s and across the solar system to Mars, the red planet. Join Curator Abbie MacKinnon and special guest Jim Clemmet as we unpack Jim's box of bits.

You too can go behind the scenes and explore the museum's stores on one of our guided public tours at the Science and Innovation Park. Find out more: scienceinnovationpark.org.uk/visit-us

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 The Beagle 2 Mission
03:24 Object 1: Melted Keyboard
05:13 Object 2: Aeroshell Structure
06:25 Object 3: Main Parachute
07:35 Object 4: Clamp Band
09:05 Object 5: Centre Column
10:25 Object 6: Solar Panel Hinge
11:13 The Beagle 2 Launch
12:08 The Discovery of Beagle 2
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