[新闻]欧空局成功完成对贝格尔2号的测试

7月4-5日的测试原定于两周前进行。
测试由位于德国达姆施塔特的欧空局控制中心完成，内容包括加载软件、测试开关。
对火星快车的近地测试已基本完成，所有系统均按原计划运行。某些仪器的恒星校准工作定于7月中旬进行，此时将尝试完成首次科学测量。这项工作在飞船更接近火星时会再次进行。

Beagle 2 tests successfully completed

8 July 2003
On Friday 4 July, and Saturday 5 July 2003, engineers successfully carried out overnight tests on the Mars Express lander, Beagle 2.

Ground controllers at the European Space Agency's Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, contacted Mars Express at the weekend to carry out the tests on the lander, which were rescheduled from two weeks ago. These functional tests included uploading software and switching units on and off.
With these tests, the near-Earth phase of the Mars Express payload check-outs is almost complete. All instruments, including the lander, have performed as expected. Star calibration of some instruments is scheduled for mid-July, which marks the first attempt to make scientific measurements. This will also be done in the same way when nearer to Mars.

Rudi Schmidt, ESA Mars Express Project Manager, said: "This check-out was a marvellous example of complete cooperation between ESA's Mars Express and the Beagle lander teams Another major milestone has been achieved successfully. What a fantastic feeling!"