Mapping Esa's Mission To Mars

The Russian infinite means Roscosmos too the European Space Agency innovation to search for life on Mars. The ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission volition province a rover on Mars to search for bio-signatures of Martian life. The 2 infinite agencies accept forthwith whittled downwards the possible landing site of the ExoMars 2020 rover to simply 2 locations on Mars. The 2 remaining candidate landing sites accept been chosen because inward the planet's early on history they both hosted an abundance of water.

You tin explore the ExoMars landing sites for yourself on the ExoMars LSS interactive map. The map shows the place on Mars of the master copy iv proposed landing sites. It forthwith too highlights the remaining 2 candidate sites.

If y'all direct whatever of the landing sites on the map y'all tin read an explanation of the type of Martian terrain flora at the selected location. You tin too persuasion a zoomed inward aerial persuasion of each landing site too the landing ellipses where the rover would land. The ExoMars LSS interactive map too provides an explanation of the elevation, latitude too geological constraints that upshot the finally selection of the ExoMars rover landing site.

The finally conclusion on the landing site for the 2020 mission volition non endure exist made until 1 twelvemonth earlier launch.