ExoMars TGO reaches Mars orbit while EDM situation under assessment
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 14:32
in Astronomy & Space
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) of ESA’s ExoMars 2016 has successfully performed the long 139-minute burn required to be captured by Mars and entered an elliptical orbit around the Red Planet, while contact has not yet been confirmed with the mission’s test lander from the surface.