March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
...haven’t yet found any discernible pattern linking the presence, size or orbital parameters of a planet to what its parent star is like.... by the Open University and launched on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) in March 2016. Adaptations to ELVIS (...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
...or Mars-related activities. When it comes to activities beyond Earth orbit, the space research conducted at DLR has a separate programme, ‘... on 14 March 2016. It consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter, which will conduct detailed analyses of the Martian ...
14 March 2016
And it's off! ExoMars 2016 launches successfully
... resume control of the spacecraft and will be able to verify that the rocket and its payload of the Trace Gas Orbiter and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module (Schiaparelli) is on track for its mission to Mars. “At this...
08 February 2019
ESA's new Mars rover has a new name
..., and at the same time devising new technologies.” The rover will relay data to Earth through the Trace Gas Orbiter, a spacecraft searching for tiny amounts of gases in the martian atmosphere that might be linked to biological or geological activity...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
....” Artist’s impression depicting the ExoMars 2016 entry, descent and landing demonstrator module, named Schiaparelli, on the Trace Gas Orbiter, and heading for Mars. Separation at the red planet is scheduled to occur on 16 October 2016, some seven...
November 2018
Pole star rising
..., and the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS), part of the instrument payload on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, has been produced by a start-up founded by Polish scientists, Creotech Instruments. The Curiosity Mars Rover is fitted with...
