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Tests of European-Russian Mars Mission's parachutes to end next May - ESA Head

Moscow, Nov 5 (Sputnik) The final tests of the parachute system for the Russian-European Mars landing station ExoMars-2022 are scheduled for May of 2021 in Sweden, Rene Pischel, the head of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Permanent Mission in Russia, told Sputnik on Thursday.
"We discuss holding high-altitude tests of the parachute system for the ExoMars-2022 landing mission in Sweden in May 2021, depending on the results of high-altitude tests in the United States in November this year," Pischel said.
The parachute system of ExoMars-2022 consists of two main parachutes with diameters of 15 meters and 35 meters (50 feet and 115 feet, respectively), each of which has its own pilot chute. The first high-altitude tests were conducted in May and August of last year in Sweden. The larger parachute experienced technical issues during the August test and ended up collapsing upon landing.
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