ExoMars is on its way
After a successful launch from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in March, the ExoMars spacecraft is making good progress on its 500 million km trip to Mars.
The joint European and Russian mission will perform science, test lander and descent technology, and may help solve the mystery of why there is methane on Mars. The gas could indicate a geological origin or past or present life – most likely from microbes. The mission carries four scientific packages with Russia developing one of the three spectrometers on board the orbiter’s Atmospheric Chemistry Suite.
This film provides an update of ExoMars’ journey. It includes the first test image from the Trace Gas Orbiter’s high-resolution camera and looks ahead to a major course correction manoeuvre in July. The spacecraft will then be lined up for arrival at Mars on 19 October 2016.
Includes interviews with Thomas Passvogel, Head of Science Projects, ESA (English); Oleg Korablev, ACS Experiment Principal Investigator (Russian); Nicolas Thomas, CaSSIS Experiment Principal Investigator, University of Bern (English).
More about ExoMars:
http://www.esa.int/exomars
Soooo COOOOL! xD
oh…wonderful. ..
Good job!!!
Dommage qu'il n'y ai pas de sous titre français ça a l'air intéressant ^^
Жаль, что приходится смотреть такие классные видео здесь на английском. У нас таких делают очень мало
Personally I thought the comment he made @2:48 about possible Methane sources and saying he doesn't subscribe to that “Life Business” was somewhat Unprofessional of him, and came across like he refuses to entertain the idea of any life on Mars. A Scientist must stay true to the Data, Even If It conflicts with the hypothesis you agree with, and always stay open minded.
Why can't the Russian guy speak English? It's an international cooperation, for god's sake.
Such a cool project.
so lander's heat shield will also "touch" Earth's upper atmosphere.
Okay.
"meethane"
2:52 face damage in Russian?
Here's an American cheering for you, fingers crossed ESA. Humans want to get to Mars we all have to do our share and work together. 😀
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is this one that crashed? LOL