Sunday Schiaparelli separated from the probe Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). On Wednesday began the operation of landing on the surface of Mars. Not until the end, however, it is known that he settled on the surface of the red planet. The signal was lost and still not found.
the portal PolskieRadio.pl
Despite this, representatives of the European Space Agency happy. Indicated that during the operation was obtained much of the data needed for the next phase of the ExoMars mission in 2020 in which frameworks it is planned to send the Mars lander and the Rover.
the conference was confirmed, in particular, that Schiaparelli passed through the upper layers, thermal protection worked correctly, the parachute opened as expected.
however later, the unit began to behave differently than expected (during the transition from the phase of paragliding footage with the engines running inhibitory).
Representatives of ESA zastrzegli that the analysis of the data the Agency needed more time. Data analysis allows to define the behavior of the boat in the last seconds before landing.
If you define the probe parameters at the moment of its contact with the ground – only then can it be said that Schiaparelli landed correctly or is corrupt.
ExoMars Mission
ExoMars Mission lead by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Agency of the Russian Federation, the Federal space Agency.
the Project consists of two stages. The first stage included the launch of the orbital Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the lander Entry, Descent and landing demonstrator Module (EDM), known as Schiaparelli.
they were taken into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome on 14 March 2016 and sent to Mars.
in turn, the second stage would rely on to launch in 2020 lander with Rover to study egzobiologicznych and geochemical on the surface of Mars.
the Main scientific objectives of the mission: a search for possible traces of life on Mars (current or former, name of the mission is establishing for this task), a study of the distribution of water at different depths, surface exploration and identify potential threats to future manned missions, conducted under the ground surface, in order to better understand the evolution of Mars.
technological Purpose, which is to: check high landing platform on Mars, testing the use of solar energy on the planet’s surface, drilling in the Martian soil at a depth of 2 meters, testing solutions for generations of Martian Rovers.
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for more information on the ExoMars mission you can find in the prepared ESA website http://exploration.esa.int/mars/.
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