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ExoMars 2016, Orbiter module bus a GNC development update
Kutrowski, N.; Renault, H.; Sergent, N. +3 more
ExoMars programme is part of a cooperation between ESA and Roscosmos. It foresees two missions to Mars that aim to searching for signs of past and present life on Mars, investigating the Martian atmosphere and surface and demonstrating the technologies needed to land on Mars and perform robotic exploration. The first spacecraft launched in early 2…
Mars EXPRESS observation of the PHOENIX entry: simulations, planning, results and lessons learned
Reberac, A.; Montmessin, F.; Bertaux, J. -L. +10 more
NASA's PHOENIX spacecraft has successfully landed on Mars on 25 May 2008. ESA supported the event by recording signals from PHOENIX by the Mars EXPRESS spacecraft using its lander communication subsystem. Following numerical simulations of the probe entry plume emission, two Mars EXPRESS instruments, namely the High Resolution and Stereo Camera (H…