Tag Archives: ExoMars
ExoMars Prepares to Reach its Final Orbit Through Mars Atmosphere
ESA Gets Funding for ExoMars Despite Schiaparelli Crash
ESA Gets Funding for ExoMars Mission Despite Schiaparelli Lander’s Crash
ESA will fund ExoMars 2020 despite Schiaparelli’s demise
The ExoMars mission will live on despite the Schiaparelli's lander unfortunate mishap. At a meeting in Switzerland, European Space Agency's member countries have agreed to set aside €436 million ($464 million) to make ExoMars 2020 a reality. Tha...
ESA tests ExoMars orbiter’s cameras and instruments
ExoMars might have lost the Schiaparelli lander, but the mission is far from being a failure: its Trace Gas Orbiter probe is working just fine. The probe spent two orbits, from November 20th to the 28th, making calibrations and testing out its instru...
First Images from ESA’s New ExoMars Orbiter Released
Mars probe crashed because it misjudged where the ground was
The European Space Agency believes that it knows what caused its Schiaparelli lander to crash on the surface of Mars. It turns out that the spacecraft was hurtling towards the ground perfectly well until it, uh, forgot where the ground actually was....
ESA releases first color photos of the EXOMARS crash site
The ESA's EXOMARS Schiaparelli lander crashed into the Red Planet's crust at more than 300 kph on October 19th, marking not only the end of its mission but also the surface itself. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spotted the impact site quic...