European Space Agency will try to put its 1st lander on Mars today

Image Courtesy of CBC News
Image Courtesy of CBC News

By CBC News, October 19, 2016 

ExoMars mission will search for hints of life on the Red Planet and test Europe’s readiness to land a rover

The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander will only have one chance to get captured by Mars’ gravity this morning and descend onto the surface of the Red Planet.

The experimental probe is scheduled to enter the Martian atmosphere at 10:42 a.m. ET and land six minutes later.

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