29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
... 2020, Perseverance rover to the Red Planet tomorrow, ESA’s long term martian resident, the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), has spotted puzzling new gas signatures which could help in solving the methane mystery on Mars. Launched in 2016 with the...
15 December 2021
ExoMars discovers large amounts of hidden water in Mars’ Grand Canyon
The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), which has been searching for ... is observed in many spots on the martian surface by near infrared spectrometers from orbit, whereas water ice, the most abundant form of water deposits found on Mars,...
15 June 2020
Green dayglow detected at Mars for the first time
... now. Using the ultraviolet and visible spectrometer (UVIS) instrument on board the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), a team of European astronomers have now spotted this elusive green line dayglow emission on Mars. Predicted...
26 November 2018
Success for InSight as it performs a flawless landing on Mars
... of eyes and ears around the globe, including ESA’s deep-space ground tracking stations and its ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). However a few others had prime viewing positions in which to watch and monitor the events as they unfolded...
17 June 2016
ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter Sends Back First Mars Image
... journey. The mission will attempt to search for biosignatures of Martian life, both past and present. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the stationary lander Schiaparelli are expected to arrive on the Red Planet on October 19, 2016.The...
27 April 2018
First images from ExoMars in its new orbit
Stunning images that capture surface features of Mars have been returned by ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) for the first time since it arrived it its new orbit a few weeks ago. From its lofty position 400 kilometres (km) about the planet...
