The first of two joint ESA-Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet’s atmosphere that could indicate present-day geological – or even biological – activity.
Tag: ESA
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Giotto mission at 30
Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s Giotto made its historic flyby of Comet Halley 30 years ago -
Launch event replay
Watch ExoMars 2016 lift off into space, with launch build-up and commentary from mission experts -
Mission control ready for Mars launch
ESA’s mission control conducted the dress rehearsal for the ExoMars launch today, an important final step in preparing the ground teams and systems for the 14 March departure to the Red Planet.
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Rocket rollout
Video showing the rocket carrying the ExoMars 2016 spacecraft being rolled out to the launch pad -
Rosetta finds magnetic field-free bubble at comet
ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has revealed a surprisingly large region around its host comet devoid of any magnetic field.
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ExoMars launch updates
Updates from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as we count down to the launch of ExoMars 2016 on 14 March.
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First contact
Operations image of the week: In its first operational usage, ESA’s new tracking antenna in Australia followed Ariane’s launch yesterday, providing perfect contact -
Follow ExoMars launch
Watch live launch coverage on 14 March from 08:30 GMT. Launch is scheduled for 09:31 GMT and acquisition of signal is expected at 21:29 GMT
