14 April 2016
All systems go as ExoMars sends back its first image
... month a go, the ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars spacecraft departed this planet as it launched ...become more comfortable operating this new and sophisticated spacecraft,” says Peter Schmitz, ESA’s Spacecraft Operations Manager. With its sophisticated sensors, ...
17 October 2016
ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbitor positions itself ready for its planned orbit insertion on Wednesday
It’s all systems go, as ESA’s ExoMars spacecraft, currently in orbit around around Mars...TGO to complete an orbit raising manoeuvre, as without the manoeuvre, the spacecraft would, like Schiaparelli, crash headlong into Mars. The Trace Gas Orbiter ...