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Taking ExoMars for a ride - Video

Taking ExoMars for a ride - Video

Date: 07 June 2011
Copyright: ESA

The ExoMars dosing station, designed to distribute Martian soil samples collected by the drill to the instruments inside the ExoMars rover, was tested in conditions simulating Martian gravity during a series of parabolic flights that took place from 7 to 9 June 2011.

The results of these tests will help to validate the design of the Rover's sample preparation and distribution system by confirming an accurate distribution of the Martian sample to the Rover instruments for further examination.

The tests were carried out using Martian representative types of stone, such as lava and sandstone. A special mixture very similar to the red dust on Mars, called salten skov, was also prepared for the occasion.

Anne Pacros, the ESA system engineer who participated in these tests, describes the experiment set-up onboard the Airbus A300 Zero-G and provides background information about the preparations before the flight.

Experiment team:
Pietro Baglioni, Principal Coordinator, ESA/ESTEC
Anne Pacros, ESA/ESTEC
Boris Bethge, ESA/ESTEC
Wolfgang Schulte, Kayser-Threde
Daniel Redlich, Kayser-Threde
Tor Viscor, Kayser-Threde
Johan De Claville Christiansen, GOMSpace
Niels Thoeger Moeller, GOMSpace

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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