ESA - ExoMars

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The mission

The ExoMars programme comprises two missions: the first – the Trace Gas Orbiter – launched in 2016 while the second, carrying the Rosalind Franklin rover, will target launch in 2028. Together they will address the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars.

1st European rover
2 m rover drill depth
70m/sol driving on Mars

ExoMars

Mars Express images combined to produce global Mars in colour

Science & Exploration

The radiation paradox: why solar maximum is the safest time…

09/03/2026 4338 views 64 likes

Coronal mass ejection on 27 May 2024

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Plan…

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Slow-motion drop for ExoMars landing platform

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Legs made for a Mars landing 

21/01/2026 5360 views 39 likes

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observes comet 3I/ATLAS – GIF

ESA pinpoints 3I/ATLAS’s path with data from Mars

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Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars

Science & Exploration

Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars

08/10/2025 10539 views 62 likes

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About ExoMars

What is ExoMars? Why are we going to Mars?

Mars and methane

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ExoMars 2016

ExoMars Factsheet ExoMars 2016 FAQs Trace Gas Orbiter instruments Schiaparelli's instruments How ExoMars 2016 got to Mars Schiaparelli's landing TGO's orbit around Mars Planetary protection

ExoMars 2022

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