Lost in space, but found in China and Australia

Solar has been in the press quite a lot of late, although this is more to do with the sun's activity than PVs. For instance, the biggest solar flare ever recorded was on November 4, and we also have just had a lunar eclipse. Meanwhile, Europe's Mars Express spacecraft overcame the effects of these intense solar flares. These had the effect of temporarily knocking out navigation equipment aboard the orbiter. But it left the mission's Beagle 2 lander unscathed. The European Space Agency said the spacecraft was in good health after the solar storms blinded the orbiter's two star trackers for up to 15 h.