This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product ExoMars spacecraft at Mars, illustration. The European Space Ag
This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product ExoMars spacecraft at Mars, illustration. The European Space Agency's ExoMars spacecraft launched from Earth in March 2016 and reached Mars in October 2016. It is carrying the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO, upper centre) and Schiaparelli (lower right), the ExoMars Demonstrator Module (EDM) lander. The separation of Schiaparelli from the TGO occurred on 15 October. The orbiting TGO (shown here in a montage view, rather than in orbit) will look for methane in the Martian atmosphere. Schiaparelli is due to descend to the surface on 19 October 2016, testing new landing technologies (parachute in background) that will be used by the ExoMars rover (2018). Schiaparelli is also carrying scientific instruments to study the surface following a successful landing.
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