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ExoMars: key technologies tested for Europe's landing on the "Red Planet"

Rome, Italy - In view of the next mission planned in 2020

Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint-venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo-Finmeccanica (33%), has announced that the 2016 ExoMars mission has taken place in order to correctly position the TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter) in the Mars orbit and with the correct entry and descent of the Schiaparelli lander into the Martian atmosphere, the signal of which was lost only a few seconds prior to landing on the...

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Rome, Italy, 10/21/2016 15:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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