Mars lander lost on its descent, ESA confirms

A space probe that was supposed to look for signs of life on Mars has been lost, the European Space Agency has confirmed. "We are not in a position yet to determine the dynamic condition at which the lander touched the ground," said Andrea Accomazzo, ESA's head of solar and planetary missions. Scientists do not know whether Schiaparelli, a disc-shaped 577kg (1,272lb) probe, was still in one piece.