A Google hangout was held on Tuesday, 26 July, with ExoMars mission experts and scientists. It included a live Q&A and an update on the cruise to Mars, the crucial mid-course manoeuvre on 28 July and the upcoming preparations for the arrival phase.
Watch the replay:
• On Google+ https://plus.google.com/events/c53judtkn499se8d6ecll9rjo98
• On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhnrLp1xDnA
Questions were posted using the #askESA hashtag and the best ones were answered live in the hangout.
Since launch on 14 March, ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli landing demonstration module have been en route to Mars. This hangout focused on the crucial milestones during the spacecraft’s seven-month cruise to the Red Planet.
The hangout was hosted by Daniel Scuka (ESA Spacecraft Operations Editor) who was joined by:
- Michel Denis, ExoMars Flight Director, ESOC
- Silvia Sangiorgi, ExoMars Deputy Spacecraft Operations Manager, ESOC
- Michael Khan, Mission Analyst, ESOC
- Ian Thomas, NOMAD (spectrometer on TGO) Project Manager, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
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