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Tag Archives: ExoMars
ExoMars: Did computing error doom Schiaparelli?
[Editor note: Report by Elizabeth Gibney in Nature] Photos of a huge circle of churned-up Martian soil leave few doubts: a European Space Agency (ESA) probe that was supposed to test landing technology on Mars crashed into the red planet … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, Meridiani Planum, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars: Video of Oct 20 Schiaparelli, TGO briefing
Video replay of ExoMars media briefing on 20 October at ESA’s Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, regarding Schiaparelli and the Trace Gas Orbiter. [Note: This briefing was held before the Schiaparelli crash site was imaged by the Context Camera on … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, Meridiani Planum, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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MRO spots Schiaparelli impact scar, parachute
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified new markings on the surface of the Red Planet that are believed to be related to ESA’s ExoMars Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing technology demonstrator module. Schiaparelli entered the martian atmosphere at 14:42 GMT … Continue reading
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Tagged Context Camera, CTX, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Meridiani Planum, MRO, NASA, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter, University of Arizona
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NASA statement on ExoMars
“ESA and its international team have added an important achievement to the exploration of Mars by putting the Trace Gas Orbiter into orbit around the Red Planet as a platform for science investigation and communication infrastructure,” said Jim Green, director, … Continue reading
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ExoMars: Schiaparelli signals stopped shortly before planned touchdown
[ExoMars Twitter feed here] Essential data from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander sent to its mothership Trace Gas Orbiter during the module’s descent to the Red Planet’s surface yesterday has been downlinked to Earth and is currently being analysed by experts. … Continue reading
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ExoMars: TGO in orbit; lander ‘under assessment’
[ExoMars Twitter feed here] The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of ESA’s ExoMars 2016 has successfully performed the long 139-minute burn required to be captured by Mars and entered an elliptical orbit around the Red Planet, while contact has not yet … Continue reading
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ExoMars: Signals indicate TGO in Mars orbit, Schiaparelli safe landing not confirmed
18:53 CEST: The ExoMars/TGO spacecraft completed its critical orbit-insertion manoeuvre at Mars today and its signals were received by ground stations at 18:34 CEST, just as expected. The timely re-acquisition indicates the engine burn went as planned, and mission controllers … Continue reading
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ExoMars: Live updates on arrival, landing
Updates from ESA’s space operations centre as the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter approaches and enters orbit around the Red Planet, and the Schiaparelli module lands on its surface. Red Planet Report ExoMars mission coverage here. [More at links]
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ExoMars: Technology of Mars orbit insertion
The most critical moment so far in the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s journey will be Wednesday’s Mars Orbit Insertion burn – the long (ca. 134 mins) engine firing that will slow the spacecraft down sufficiently to be captured into Mars … Continue reading
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ExoMars: Ready for the Red Planet
Next week, ESA’s ExoMars has just a single chance to get captured by Mars’ gravity. The spacecraft and the mission controllers who will make it so are ready for arrival. [Video above shows arrival orbits — Ed.] The ExoMars Trace … Continue reading
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