Space.com says that the Mars Express with its Beagle 2 rover robot is on its way to the Red Planet and will arrive a few days before Christmas. The Beagle Rover when it arrives will scratch and sniff for signs of life and other mission goals. The European Space Agency (esa) is spending to the jingle of $350 million and they are partnered with many other countries including the US. This ESA's regal beagle is the first of the threes company rovers that are launching to Mars this year.

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Here's some more red rover news to look over:

• Space Daily: Mars Express Does It In Record Time At Less Cost
• Planetary: Mars Express Speeds Toward the Red Planet
• Wired: Unmanned Mars Express Blasts Off
• DW-World: ESA's Mars probe launched
• Financial TImes: Europe's first Mars mission blasts off New Zealand News: European hopes rest on budget Beagle