red planet is attractive, all space agencies hope to join the procession that will have the privilege of discovering Mars. But Europe is a step in this direction with ExoMars, which is preparing to launch. The ExoMars program must
The red planet is attractive, all space agencies hope to join the procession that will have the privilege of discovering Mars. But Europe is a step in this direction with ExoMars, which is preparing to launch.
The ExoMars program must pass a milestone on Monday. A Russian Proton rocket will take off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, carrying with it the first elements of this ambitious EU-Russia Mars exploration mission. In this case, a long-term observation satellite, TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter) and an atmospheric reentry demonstrator, Schiaparelli, who will attempt to land on the surface of Mars. Both should reach Mars seven months later. They will be joined in early 2018 by a rover (a small vehicle) which was originally the heart of this program launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the early 2000s.
Europe sets out to discover information about Mars
the day of Monday will be crucial for Europe because it will be the launch of ExoMars 2016. she will take flight with landing gear and an observation satellite. The set will be brought safely through a Proton rocket that will be installed in Kazakhstan and specifically to Baikonur. This case should not be taken lightly, because space agencies hope to learn more about Mars before the first human flight. This should be scheduled within a few decades, but for now, knowledge is not sufficiently advanced
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ExoMars 2016 is not the only mission to the red planet
the two passengers of the rocket will have the ability to join the wake of Mars in a few months and specifically in October 2016. Normally, Europe has already planned a second mission which was a small inconvenience. This was causing the postponement of the mission, ExoMars because then take off in two years. This date will also be important, as this mission will aim to bring a new Mars rover small. Curiosity will thus have a little brother before the visit of some humans, however if some constraints are scanned.
Analyze atmospheric gases through TGO
ExoMars 2016 capital for Europe, which hopes to find life on Mars. Europe therefore goes in search of microbial life. It will be the role of the orbiter that will attempt to scan the surface. The goal is not to find out if a life was observed in the past, but if it is present today. The latter will be a second mission since the little rover will meanwhile focus on the past of the red planet. Regarding the satellite TGO baptized, he will be responsible for analyzing the gases present in the atmosphere of Mars.
A second component of ExoMars, scheduled for no earlier than 2018, will consist to sending a rover on Mars. “The ExoMars mission has two goals. One, technological, to prove that Europe is able to land something to Mars and another scientist with the study of the atmosphere of Mars “, said Ann Carine Vandaele of IASB. The journey of the probe to Mars should last seven months.
The ExoMars objectives according Franck Montmessin (Researcher at the Laboratory atmospheres)
ExoMars represents the second phase of Mars exploration by the European Space Agency (Esa). She succeeds Mars Express orbiting Mars since 2003 and is a great scientific success. With this new expedition into two parts, this time Europe wants to land on the surface of Mars. The first mission – ExoMars 2016- launched Monday from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) should achieve the red planet in October. It consists of an orbiter – the Trace Gas Orbiter or TGO- and Schiaparelli probe that will serve as demonstration about the capabilities of ESA to land on Mars. If there is no delay, the second part 2018- -ExoMars be launched in two years. It is the most important part of the mission and aims to land a rover capable of piercing the Martian surface to two meters. The idea is to look for complex matters, perhaps even organic, which would have escaped the hostile environment of the area. The rovers sent far as Curiosity NASA can not dig that up to 5 cm deep.
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