The solar conjunction of Mars occurs approximately every 25 months, disrupting communication with Mars missions. In 2023, Mars will pass directly behind the Sun, causing…
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This image shows an artist’s impression of what nightglow might look like to an astronaut in the polar winter regions of Mars at night. The…
Artist’s impression of ESA’s ExoMars rover (foreground) and Russia’s science platform (background) on Mars. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab As an intergovernmental organization mandated to develop and…
Landscape near Hooke Crater in Mars’ southern highlands captured by the CaSSIS camera onboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) on February 1, 2021. Credit:…
A long-awaited moment in the ExoMars mission will be when ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover leaves the landing platform, Kazachok, and drives onto the martian soil…
Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Like a sprinkle of powdered sugar on a rich red velvet cake, this scene from the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace…
Valles Marineris, seen at an angle of 45 degrees to the surface in near-true color and with four times vertical exaggeration. The image covers an…
ESA’s Rosalind Franklin twin rover on Earth has drilled down and extracted samples 1.7 meters into the ground – much deeper than any other martian…
Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO This image was taken on March 22, 2021, in the Lunae Planum region [16.74°N, 300.9°E] of Mars Mars is…
After several weeks of bad weather and strong winds, the latest pair of high-altitude drop tests of the ExoMars parachutes took place in Kiruna, Sweden. The…
The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, along with its parachute and back shell, heat shield, and descent stage, in…
The first true-color image generated using the OSIRIS orange (red), green and blue color filters. The image was acquired on February 24, 2007, at 19:28…
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter took this image of the southeast wall of a small crater located a few hundred kilometers to the north of the…
ExoMars observing water in the Martian atmosphere. Credit: ESA Sea salt embedded in the dusty surface of Mars and lofted into the planet’s atmosphere has…
Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO The CaSSIS camera onboard the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has captured its 20,000th image of Mars! The image, taken…
The path that ExoMars 2022 will follow to reach the Red Planet is set. The trajectory that will take the spacecraft from Earth to Mars…
A new set of images captured this spring by the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) on the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter shows…
Artistic illustration of Dr. Rosalind Franklin by artist Tami Wicinas. Credit: Tami Wicinas If Rosalind Franklin had had a birthday wish, she probably never would…
Credit: Airbus As Mars exploration prepares for a rebirth, a European rover tunes up its gear for the challenges ahead. Yesterday, July 23, 2020, the…
Artist’s impression of the Rosalind Franklin Rover on Mars. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab NASA has stepped closer to allowing remote onboard computers to direct the search…