ExoMars 2020 – Astronomy Now

ESA assesses ExoMars parachute tears

13 August 2019 Astronomy Now

With launch a year away, engineers are working to overcome problems with the ExoMars 2020 parachute system.

Probe into crash of ESA lander recommends more checks on ExoMars descent craft

24 May 2017 Stephen Clark

Investigators who studied the crash of the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander on Mars last year have recommended more stringent testing and computer modeling before the launch of a joint European-Russian landing craft in 2020 to avoid a repeat of the mistakes that doomed the probe’s descent through the Martian atmosphere.

Departure of Europe’s first Mars rover delayed to 2020

4 May 2016 Stephen Clark

Europe’s ExoMars rover will not be ready for launch in 2018, officials said Monday, forcing a two-year delay for the ambitious mission to drill into the Martian surface and search for the remnants of past life.