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Tag Archives: ExoMars 2018
HiRISE: Candidate ExoMars landing site near Aram Dorsum
Candidate ExoMars landing site near Aram Dorsum. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, Beautiful Mars, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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ExoMars 2018 mission slips to July 2020 launch
[The launch of the second phase of the ExoMars mission, scheduled for 2018 has been pushed back to 2020.] (…) The second ExoMars mission involves a Russian-led surface platform and a European-led rover, also to be launched on a Proton … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Roscosmos
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ESA rover tests navigation on Dutch beach
An array of strange, sharp-edged rocks appeared suddenly on a sandy beach near ESA’s technical centre as part of an ambitious test of robotic rover technology. Rovers for Mars and other destinations will operate much too far from Earth for … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, Katwijk beach, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander
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Payload chosen for ExoMars 2018 lander & rover
Two European instruments and four European contributions on two Russian instruments have been selected for the Russian-led science platform that will land on Mars as part of the ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars 2018 mission. The first of the two ExoMars mission is … Continue reading
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Tagged Brine Irradiation and Temperature instrument, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, HABIT, habitability, Lander Radioscience experiment, LaRa, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ESA: On the rim of Schiaparelli Crater
A 42 km-wide impact crater and numerous smaller craters straddle the northwestern rim of the 460 km-diameter Schiaparelli basin in this image taken by ESA’s Mars Express on 15 July 2010. The large basin is named for Italian astronomer Giovanni … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli Crater, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars 2018: Test rover in CNES Mars Yard
Every journey begins with a single step – or in this case a downward trundle. The ‘egress’ of Europe’s ExoMars 2018 rover off its lander will be the second most stressful moment of the mission after Mars landing. So to … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, CNES, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, Roscosmos
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ExoMars 2018: Testing rover egress to surface
One small step for a robot: getting a robotic rover off its lander will be the next most nerve-wracking moment for Europe’s 2018 ExoMars mission after landing. This week a simulation stretching between France and the Netherlands will let ESA’s Planetary … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars 2018 rover, Roscosmos
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HiRISE: Catastrophically cratered
Catastrophically cratered. Candidate future landing site in the Oxia Palus region. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Palus, University of Arizona
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ExoMars 2018 rover heading for Oxia Planum
Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. [HiRISE imaged the Oxia Planum landing site last summer.] ExoMars 2018, comprising a rover and surface platform, is the second of two … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, Meridiani Planum, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars 2018: Landing site choices to narrow
Later this month, scientists and engineers will meet to choose which two, of four possible landing sites for the ExoMars 2018 mission, should be retained as candidates. ExoMars is a joint two-mission endeavour between ESA and Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter, Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, Hypanis Valles, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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