ExoMars orbiter reaches Mars orbit while lander situation under assessment
Friday, October 21, 2016 - 09:32
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.