26 November 2018
Success for InSight as it performs a flawless landing on Mars
... 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...
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,...
19 October 2016
Success for TGO orbit insertion and its looking good for Schiaparelli too
...pressure, wind speed, and wind direction. Meanwhile, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), if confirmed to be in the right orbit, will now complete a year of complex aerobraking manoeuvres to circularise its orbit and its science mission will start at the end...
17 June 2016
ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter Sends Back First Mars Image
... operations and communications are led by ALTEC's Rover Control Center in Italy. Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli (Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab) While the Trace Gas Orbiter had begun sending images withing a month of launch, it now finally has...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
...-atmosphere interaction. The discovery of the first new trace gas in the atmosphere of Mars is a major milestone for the Trace Gas Orbiter mission," says Håkan Svedhem, ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter project scientist. "This is the first new class...
09 March 2016
Components of ExoMars 2016 come together in preparation of launch next week
...March, the ExoMars Schiaparelli module, along with the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), were transported by train to the Baikonur...be used to cover eclipses. An electrical test of the Trace Gas Orbiter has already been carried out by Thales Alenia Space Italia...
