ExoMars Phones Home En Route to Red Planet: 'We Have a Mission'
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 18:20
in Astronomy & Space
The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli lander — the first phase of the two-part ExoMars life-hunting program — phoned home today on schedule at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT), 12 hours after blasting off together from Kazakhstan.