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North polar dunes on Mars

ExoMars Programme Prime Contractor This page provides a link to https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/global/activities/space ...

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli Mission (2016) The first mission of the ExoMars programme consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter plus an Entry, descent and landing Demonstrator...

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Exploration heritage Exploration heritage Last Update: 1 September 2019

Exploring Mars Habitability Presentations Exploring Mars Habitability 13 June - 15 June 2011 Lisbon, Portugal   Group photo of the participants at the...

Journal Archive This page provides a link to /science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=44973&farchive_objecttypeid=31&farchive_objectid=30928 ...

European Mars Science & Exploration Conference: Mars Express & Exomars This page provides a link to http://www.congrex.nl/07a10/ ...

ESA multimedia gallery This page provides a link to http://www.esa.int/esa-mmg/mmghome.pl

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter This page provides a link to http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/

Mars, an object of fascination and mystery since ancient times, remains a primary target for robotic exploration.

In attempting to define an effective strategy to search for carbon-based life on Mars, a useful approach is to initially consider separately the issues of uncovering evidence for past and present...

ExoMars drill oriented for sample discharge

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The Red Planet Mars: stimulating science and inspiring imagination Since ancient times, Mars has captured the imagination of humankind, sparking an interest in scientists and...

ESA's Mars Express This page provides a link to http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html

ExoMars drill

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Mars Exploration Rovers This page provides a link to http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html

The Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) took place from 1-24 August 2009.

EDM AO Q&A This page provides a link to /science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=48121

The Lance research vessel

Trace Gas Orbiter completes aerobraking

Annual report (2008) of the ISECG Last Update: 1 September 2019

2nd International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration

NSPIRES: NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System:

Inside ExoMars - Issue 4 Last Update: 1 September 2019

Proposal SubmissionExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Instrument AO Library

SALMON AO This page provides a link to http://salmon.larc.nasa.gov/

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Preliminary Planning for an International Mars Sample Return Mission Last Update: 1 September 2019

Phoenix Mars Lander This page provides a link to http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/

The ExoMars Rover Instrument Suite Looking for signatures of life on Mars An accurate visual and spectral characterisation of the surface of Mars is fundamental to establish the...

NOMAD flight spare model

NOMAD structural-thermal model

Unloading the WISDOM equipment

When Europe's 'Zero-G' Airbus takes to the air today it will be carrying technology developed for ExoMars. A part of the distribution system designed to transport Martian soil samples...

ExoMars Project Team The ExoMars project team at ESA's establishment in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, November 2007 The ExoMars Project Team is made up of a...

ExoMars SMP Last Update: 1 September 2019

ExoMars Project Manager

Inside ExoMars - Issue 2 Last Update: 1 September 2019

On 29 and 30 June the ESA Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, David Southwood met NASA's Associate Administrator for Science, Ed Weiler, in Plymouth, UK, to establish a way for a...

ExoMars Newsletter 1 (Oct 2010) Last Update: 1 September 2019

Enhanced ExoMars Mission (ESA) Publication date: 29 May 2008 Enhanced ExoMars Mission presentation given by ESA at the ExoMars Industry Day, ExoMars Industry Day, hosted by Altec...

This is the first entry in the ExoMars 2016 Test Campaign Journal, a series of articles covering the main events during the development, integration and testing of the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and...

Enhanced ExoMars Mission (Thales Alenia Space-Italy) Publication date: 29 May 2008 Enhanced ExoMars Mission presentation given by Thales Alenia Space-Italy at the ExoMars Industry...

Carrier Module (Thales Alenia Space-Italy) Publication date: 29 May 2008 Carrier Module presentation given by Thales Alenia Space-Italy at the ExoMars Industry Day, hosted by...

ExoMars EDM Structural Model undergoing X-axis vibration testing on the QUAD shaker

Slowed by skimming through the very top of the upper atmosphere, ESA's ExoMars has lowered itself into a planet-hugging orbit and is about ready to begin sniffing the Red Planet for methane.

Carrier Module (Thales Alenia Space-Italy) Carrier Module presentation given by Thales Alenia Space-Italy at the ExoMars Industry Day, hosted by Altec in Turin, Italy on 29 May 2008. ...

ExoMars 2018 Landing Site Proposal Guide & Template Publication date: 17 December 2013 Reference: EXM-SCI-LSS-ESA/IKI-002 This document is a guide to preparing proposals in...

ESA's mission to Mars in 2016 has entered the final stage of construction with the signature of a contract today with Thales Alenia Space at the Paris Air & Space Show.

ExoMars 2018 landing Site Selection User's Manual Publication date: 17 December 2013 Reference: EXM-SCI-LSS-ESA/IKI-003 This Landing Site Selection (LSS) User’s...

New evidence of the impact of the recent planet-encompassing dust storm on water in the atmosphere, and a surprising lack of methane, are among the scientific highlights of the ExoMars Trace Gas...

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter analyses the martian atmosphere

First results from ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

Exploring Mars Habitability

ExoMars - Life on Mars? (leaflet) This double-sided leaflet provides an overview of the ExoMars programme, which comprises two missions: the first, led by ESA and due for launch in 2016,...

ExoMars planetary protection The 'Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial...

Call for ExoMars 2018 Landing Site Selection Publication date: 17 December 2013 Reference: EXM-SCI-LSS-ESA/IKI-001 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Space Research...

Mars Express sees deep fractures on Mars This page provides a link to http://www.esa.int/export/esaSC/SEMT4TZ57NG_index_0.html ...

Signature of Rider 1 to ESA Contract for Exomars

Raman Spectrometer Tests

The ExoMars drill unit The ExoMars Drill is devised to acquire soil samples down to a maximum depth of 2 metres, in a variety of soil types. Its main function is...

Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission.

The Future of European Space Exploration - Towards a European long-term strategy Publication date: 15 December 2005 Page: 1-32 Copyright: ESA Reference number:...

Aurora (Robotic Exploration) Programme Update Publication date: 12 December 2008 Authors: Marcello Coradini Presentation at Royal Astronomical Society, London. Contents: ...

Raman and Mossbauer Field Tests