Mission to Mars searches for life

Banks, Michael

Abstract

A joint European and Russian probe to study the atmosphere and surface of Mars successfully launched last month from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) - a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian space agency Roscosmos - also includes the entry, descent and landing demonstrator module (EDM) that will test landing techniques for a future Mars rover.

2016 Physics World
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