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WorldPosted at: Dec 2 2016 9:14PM


European Mars mission funding approved even after test lander's crash

Lucerne, Switzerland, Dec 2 (Reuters) European space agency (ESA) member states have approved another 479 million dollars in funding for the ExoMars mission to the Red Planet, even after a test lander that was part of the programme crashed in October, ESA said today.
The European-Russian ExoMars programme sent a gas-sniffing orbiter and the test lander to Mars this year to search for signs of past or present life on the Red Planet and to lay the groundwork for a rover that is due to follow in 2020.
The Schiaparelli lander crashed after a sensor failure caused it to cast away its parachute and turn off braking thrusters more than 3.7 km above the surface of the planet, as though it had already landed.
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