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Tag Archives: ExoMars 2016
ExoMars 2016 readied to ship to launch site
The two ExoMars spacecraft of the 2016 mission are being prepared for shipping to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of their launch in March. A joint endeavour with Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, ExoMars comprises two missions. The Trace Gas … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, 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 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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ESA: Commit to 2018 rover launch by December?
Report by Spaceflight Now‘s Stephen Clark: With the flagship-class ExoMars program nearing the finish line after a decade in development, European Space Agency officials want to complete negotiations with the mission’s industrial teams before committing to a 2018 launch date … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ExoMars 2018, Schiaparelli
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ExoMars 2016 targets March launch window
A problem recently discovered in two sensors in the propulsion system of the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module has prompted the recommendation to move the launch of the ExoMars 2016 mission, initially foreseen in January, to March, still within … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, Schiaparelli, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars 2016, orbiter & lander, nears completion
The ExoMars spacecraft is almost complete. A joint mission between ESA and Roscosmos, it begins with the launch of the ExoMars orbiter in 2016 and carries an aerodynamically designed capsule containing a robotic lander. Getting to Mars, landing there safely … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, Trace Gas Orbiter
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