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Massive European spacecraft launched toward Mars

14 March 2016 Stephen Clark

Boosted off planet Earth by a Russian Proton rocket, a European-built space probe departed for Mars on Monday, beginning a mission to test future landing technologies and search for methane, a potential signature of microbial life.

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Video: ExoMars mission blasts off on Proton rocket

14 March 2016 Stephen Clark

A massive spacecraft bound for Mars lifted off on a Russian Proton rocket Monday, riding more than 2 million pounds of thrust from the launcher’s six main engines through low clouds hanging over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Proton rocket reaches launch pad with Mars probe

12 March 2016 Stephen Clark

A Russian Proton rocket rolled out to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, riding a specially-built rail car with Europe’s ExoMars mission bound for the red planet.

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  • Molten lava world points to new class of planet
    16 March 2026
  • Dr Allan Chapman (1946-2026)
    26 January 2026
  • Potentially bright ‘sungrazing’ comet discovered
    16 January 2026
  • Thank you from the editor
    17 December 2025
  • Hubble revisits a cosmic yardstick
    25 October 2025

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