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Tag Archives: European Space Agency
ExoMars: Rover fitness trials in Spanish desert
The sun set on a week of trials for the ExoMars rover prototype named Charlie (in the foreground). The first of two field trials for the mission, known as ExoFiT, took place in the Tabernas desert in Spain between 13-26 … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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‘SpaceBok’ hopping robot tested in ESA Mars Yard
This walking and hopping robot is currently being tested in European Space Agency’s Mars Yard. SpaceBok is a quadruped robot designed by a Swiss student team from ETH Zurich and ZHAW Zurich, under the supervision of Professor Marco Hutter and … Continue reading
European Space Agency: Supporting InSight
At just before 9pm Central European Time on 26 November, Mars will receive a new visitor: NASA’s InSight lander. (…) Since InSight’s study is focused on sensing the planet’s interior, surface geology is not such an important factor in deciding … Continue reading
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Tagged Elysium Mons, Elysium Planitia, ESA, European Space Agency, Gale Crater, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Express, Mars Webcam, MEX, NASA, north polar ice cap, Visual Monitoring Camera, VMC
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Mars Express: Shaping the surface with water, wind, and ice
ESA’s Mars Express has imaged an intriguing part of the Red Planet’s surface: a rocky, fragmented, furrowed escarpment lying at the boundary of the northern and southern hemisphere. This region is an impressive example of past activity on the planet … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, ice, Mars Express, MEX, Nili Fossae, water, wind erosion
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ExoMars: Oxia Planum landing site favored
[Ed. note: See also here.] The ExoMars Landing Site Selection Working Group has recommended Oxia Planum as the landing site for the ESA-Roscosmos rover and surface science platform that will launch to the Red Planet in 2020. The proposal will be … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Sandstone outcrops seen with the ExoMars PanCam emulator
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, November 1, 2018: Peter Fawdon (The Open University, U.K.). PanCam (Coates et al., 2017) is the imaging instrument on the 2020 ExoMars rover and consists of two wide angle cameras; (WAC’s) and a High … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, ExoMars Pancam, outcrops, Pancam, sandstones
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HiRISE: An ExoMars landing site
HiRISE plays an important role in finding suitable landing sites for future rover missions. Scientists have narrowed down the candidate landing sites for the upcoming European ExoMars rover mission to two regions: the plains of Oxia and Mawrth Vallis. Images … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, Oxia Planum, University of Arizona
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Closer to solving the methane mystery
Planetary scientists are getting closer to solving the puzzle of methane on Mars. New calculations could help to explain why NASA’s Curiosity rover detects peaks of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere during the planet’s northern summer. As winter gives … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, methane, MSL, NASA, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Trace Gas Orbiter: Juventae Chasma’s layered mound
This striking view of layered sediments on Mars was captured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, CaSSIS, on 2 October 2018. The image, which covers an area 25 x 7 km wide, focuses on a … Continue reading
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Tagged CaSSIS, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, Juventae Chasma, layered deposits, Roscosmos, sedimentary deposits, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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Mars Express: Greeley Crater in Noachis Terra
The surface of Mars may appear to be perpetually still, but its many features are ever-changing – as represented in this Mars Express view of the severely eroded Greeley impact crater. Greeley crater, named for the renowned planetary scientist Ronald … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, Greeley Crater, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, Noachis Terra
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