ExoMars at Mars
Three days before arriving at Mars on 19 October 2016, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will release its entry, descent and landing demonstrator, Schiaparelli, towards the Red Planet.?ExoMars is several missions in one. Its orbiter is a science and relay mission. The TGO will search for evidence of gases, such as methane, that may be associated with geological or biological processes. The Schiaparelli lander is a technology demonstrator to test key technologies for future missions to Mars.
The landing site is an elliptical region close to the equator about 100 km long and 15 km wide in the planet?s Meridiani Planum area. It is relatively flat, smooth and well studied as NASA?s Opportunity rover is on the ground and ESA?s Mars Express spacecraft, which will also act as one of the data relay orbiters, has been overhead since 2003.
This video covers the landing and orbital manoeuvres, including the use of aerobraking – which ESA is using for the first time at Mars.
This sounds Like an Old Mission….. No offense… there is nothing impressive here. ..Now everyone wants to talk about Mars.. since ELON Musk revealed his plans. …so typical. So transparent.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU, ROBOTS
comon guys, i love you. now wait until 2020, don't you have a time machine ;-)?
No TRUST! Zero Support4ANY Agency Promoting NAZI/NASA Duplistic Agenda!
Publishing this tripe during a time of Major Planetary+System wide havoc due to binary star> Is a serious lapse in sound judgement! Hiding the Nemesis/Nibiru history and impending consequences to All Life on Planet Earth Is A Humanitarian Violation Against ALL LIFE…including every human being involved in every detail of your highly funded agency>>>You Have Become TRAITORS 2ALL OF HUMANITY!!!
Waste all that money on a lander without wheels…go figure.
Hooray! Curiosity gets a friend!! 😀
et une version en fran?ais ?
01:51 TGO will be catched by the planet's orbit? Really???
what will the orbiter do?
I think that this mission is exciting, and very useful for our understanding on how to descend to the Red Planet properly. It may save a lot of time and money for future missions.