ExoMars

• Mission to Mars detects ‘green glow’ of oxygen around the Red Planet

  It's the first time astronomers have seen the green glow around a planet other than Earth.

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  Jun 18, 2020
  
• Concordia team uses gravity-simulating plane for rover breakthroughs on Mars

  A team at Concordia University has recently completed a series of tests it hopes will help the next Mars rover mission succeed where others have failed.

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  Apr 18, 2018
  
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• Mars lander likely lost after thrusters cut off earlier than expected during descent

  Scientists at the European Space Agency downplayed the likely loss of its Mars lander, saying Thursday that a wealth of data sent back by the experimental probe would help them prepare for a future mission to the red planet.

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  Oct 20, 2016
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• Mars probe successfully enters orbit; no word on lander

  The European Space Agency's experimental Schiaparelli probe entered the atmosphere of Mars on Wednesday, and scientists awaited confirmation that the craft had touched down safely.

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  Oct 19, 2016
• ExoMars lander ready to touch down on red planet

  The search for life on Mars may take a giant leap on Wednesday when a space lander is due to touch down on the red planet in Europe's first attempt to land a craft there since the Beagle 2's "heroic failure" more than a decade ago.

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  Oct 19, 2016
• Schiaparelli lander leaves mothership for Mars

  A Mars lander left its mothership on Sunday after a seven-month journey from Earth and headed towards the red planet's surface to test technologies for Europe's planned first Mars rover.

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  Oct 16, 2016
• European Space Agency launches ExoMars probe, 1st stage of Mars exploration mission

  The unmanned ExoMars probe - a collaborative project with Russia's state Roscosmos corporation for space activities - was launched aboard a Russian rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is expected to reach Mars in October.

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  Mar 14, 2016
• Life on Mars? Space agencies prepare to send spacecraft to red planet

  Is there life on Mars? We still don't know, but the European Space Agency and Russia hope their spacecraft, ExoMars — which will launch next week —will help answer those questions.

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  Mar 8, 2016