By Irene Klutz, Seeker.com, October 20, 2016
Europe’s space agency is confident they have the data in hand to learn what happened to Schiaparelli.
European Space Agency officials say they still do not know what happened to their Mars lander, which made a parachute descent through the planet’s thin atmosphere Wednesday, but stopped transmitting signals about 50 seconds before its intended touchdown.
But they haven’t given up hope that the lander, known as Schiaparelli, survived the journey and will begin communicating from the surface of Mars before its batteries run out of power in a few days.
