Europe's ExoMars mission arrives in the middle of dust season
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 05:31
in Astronomy & Space
The joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission is knocking on the Martian door to answer important astrobiological questions. While the mission's Schiaparelli module will focus on testing landing technologies, one of its scientific instruments will be in just the right place at the right time to investigate the planet's intense dust storms.