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Science & Exploration

ExoMars

Has life ever existed on Mars?

ExoMars

The mission

The ExoMars programme comprises two missions: the first – the Trace Gas Orbiter – launched in 2016 while the second, comprising a rover and surface platform, is planned for 2022. Together they will address the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars.

The launch

  • ExoMars 2016: 14 March 2016 (arrived 19 October 2016)
  • ExoMars 2022: 20 September (12 day launch window); landing 10 June 2023
  • Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
  • Launcher: Proton
ExoMars

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Rover escapes from sand trap

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Icy cliff

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Double strike

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Smart focus on Mars

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ExoMars rover comes out of the ‘oven’

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Swirling deposits in a giant impact basin

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Spot the dust devils

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Layered history

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First deep drilling success for ExoMars

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Drop tests for touchdown on Mars

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Science in motion for ExoMars twin rover

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ExoMars orbiter continues hunt for key signs of life on Mars

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First high-altitude drop test success for ExoMars parachute

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ExoMars parachute extraction tests – Arescosmo

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ExoMars parachute extraction tests – Airborne Systems

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About ExoMars

What is ExoMars? Why are we going to Mars?

Mars and methane

Meet Mars What is a trace gas? The methane mystery

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

How big is the mission? ExoMars 2022 rover Moving on Mars Surface platform Landing site

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