Liftoff! European Mission to Mars Launches to Hunt for Signs of Life
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
The first phase of the European-led ExoMars life-hunting program blasted off today (March 14), as two robotic spacecraft soared skyward atop a Russian Proton-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:31 a.m. EDT (0931 GMT).