When technology exceeds all boundaries, then the impossible becomes an obsolete word. Same thing happens with the ExoMars mission.
According to the European Space Agency report, the ExoMars mission will carry two unique spacecraft, and on October 19 they will reach the final destination.
The mission is jointly arranged by the European Space Agency and the Russia's Roscosmos space agency. A two-day event was located in Darmstadt, Germany by the ESA that shows two important videos regarding the ExoMars Mission's arrival at the Red Planet.
The journey of the mission began on 14 th March 2016. The two unique spacecraft are the TGO or the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli Lander. Both the spacecraft have to perform different tasks. The task of the TGO or the Trace Gas Orbiter is to check the atmosphere of the Mars. The spacecraft mainly search for the rarest gases to explore the actual atmospheric condition of the planet. It is ready to explore gases like methane and try to measure the actual source of it. In a word, this spacecraft will not land on Mars; it will actually orbit the red planet.
On the other hand, another important spacecraft, the Schiaparelli will land on Mars to prepare for a platform for the future missions. On 16 October Schiaparelli will separate from the Trace Gas Orbiter and will ultimately land on Mars on 19 October. The videos clearly show how amazingly the two spacecraft will shape the mission. One of the videos shows how Schiaparelli will use a parachute, a heat shield to enter and land on Mars. With the latest technology, it will test the temperature, humidity, the speed and pressure of the air on Mars. And for the first time, it will measure the electric fields of the planet.
This mission will complete the final milestone in December 2022, and in 2017 the TGO will begin its science journey to orbit the red planet and from 2020 it will act as a rover to perform the most stupendous work that is to discover if there is any presence of life on Mars.
The ExoMars Mission is truly a great achievement for the human civilization.
