Exomars
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ESA has identified the malfunction that made the unmanned Schiaparelli Mars lander crash and explode on the surface of the Red Planet. According to the space agency, it was due to the navigation system being overloaded.
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The ExoMars mission will make its first observations of Mars during two orbits to test and calibrate instruments in preparation for a detailed study of the atmosphere of the Red Planet beginning in 2018.
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Though exactly what happened to ESA's Schiaparelli lander when it crashed on the surface of Mars is unclear, one possibility is that the unmanned spacecraft shut down its landing engines early because it thought it was already on the ground.
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Images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the unmanned the Schiaparelli spacecraft exploded on impact with the Martian surface after falling from as high as 13,000 ft (4,000 m) and striking the ground at 300 km/h (186 mph).
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ESA's Schiaparelli lander module remains out of contact. Data from the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mothership suggests Schiaparelli may have suffered a parachute malfunction during atmospheric entry and crashed on the surface of the Red Planet.
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Today was a mixed bag for ExoMars 2016. While the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) arrived safely at Mars, contact has been lost with the Schiaparelli lander module. Mission control lost contact with Schiaparelli shortly before it entered the Martian atmosphere and has not been reestablished.
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The ExoMars 2016 mission is set for its rendezvous with the Red Planet on October 19. The Schiaparelli module successfully separated from the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) on Sunday and Monday morning the orbiter executed a crucial course correction.
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With arrival at Mars set for October 19, ESA mission control has uploaded of final instructions for the computer aboard the Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing demonstrator spacecraft to guide the unmanned lander during its descent and touchdown.
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ESA's ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft zeroed in on Mars today as it successfully conducted a 53-minute course correction burn of its main engine. ESA says that the probe used a new ultra-precise navigation technique that fixed its position to within a thousand meters.
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The ExoMars 2016 mission passed a major milestone this week as the Trace Gas Orbiter mothership captured its first images of Mars. ESA said today that the spacecraft sent back the images on Monday, June 13 when it was 41 million km (25 million mi) from the Red Planet.
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Exomars 2018 is now ExoMars 2020 after the Euro-Russian Mars landing mission was officially postponed for two years. The joint ESA/Roscosmos venture has been beset by delays over the past four years and recent setbacks in mission preparations have placed the 2018 launch window out of reach.
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ESA has confirmed that the ExoMars 2016's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mothership has opened its "eyes" and sent back its first test images.
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