-
Recent Posts
Archives
Links
general
mission instruments
- CRISM: Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
- CTX: Context Camera
- HiRISE: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
- MARSIS: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
- SHARAD: Shallow Radar
- THEMIS: Thermal Emission Imaging System
missions
- All Mars missions list
- Curiosity rover
- ExoMars
- Hope (al-Amal) orbiter
- InSight
- Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
- Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
- Mars Express (MEX)
- Mars Odyssey
- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
- Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
- Perseverance Rover
- Tianwen-1 orbiter/rover
news
Tag Archives: Trace Gas Orbiter
New clues to source of Mars methane
[Ed. note: Partial report on this research appeared earlier here] A team of researchers led by scientists at York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering has created a model of how methane changes on Mars throughout the day by using data … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Curiosity, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, methane, MSL, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
ExoMars orbiter preps orbit for ExoMars rover
On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An ‘Inclination Change Manoeuvre’ will put the spacecraft in an altered orbit, enabling it to pick up crucial status signals from the ExoMars rover, Rosalind … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
Europe to Mars — and back!
Europe has been in orbit around Mars for more than 15 years and is almost a year away from launching its first rover mission, but ambitions are already running high to go one step further: returning a sample from the … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mars Express, Mars sample return, MEX, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
Trace Gas Orbiter: First science results
New evidence of the impact of the recent planet-encompassing dust storm on water in the atmosphere, and a surprising lack of methane, are among the scientific highlights of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter’s first year in orbit. Two papers [here … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, global dust storms, methane, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter, water vapor
Comments Off
Trace Gas Orbiter: Dust devil detail
Mars may have a reputation for being a desolate world, but it is certainly not dead: its albeit thin atmosphere is still capable of whipping up a storm and, as this image reveals, send hundreds – maybe even thousands – … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged CaSSIS, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, dust devil tracks, dust devils, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
ExoMars rover landing platform gets a name
The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing – and been given a name. An announcement was made by the Russian State Space … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Kazachok, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
ExoMars: Images of InSight lander and more
Curious surface features, water-formed minerals, 3D stereo views, and even a sighting of the InSight lander showcase the impressive range of imaging capabilities of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, launched three years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged CaSSIS, chlorides, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, Elysium Planitia, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, NASA, Roscosmos, salts, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
ExoMars rover named for Rosalind Franklin
The ExoMars rover that will search for the building blocks of life on the Red Planet has a name: Rosalind Franklin. The prominent scientist behind the discovery of the structure of DNA will have her symbolic footprint on Mars in … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
ExoMars: Eberswalde Crater delta
This intricate structure of an ancient river delta once carried liquid water across the surface of Mars. The distinctive form of a delta arises from sediments that are deposited by a river as it enters slower-moving water, like a lake … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged CaSSIS, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, deltas, Eberswalde Crater, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off
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
Posted in Reports
Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
Comments Off