On this day in 2016 - March 14th - Part 1 of the ExoMars astrobiology mission was launched.

ExoMars is a joint ESA/Roscosmos mission. The launch of the spacecraft containing ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and Schiaparelli lander was successful. (TGO is now in orbit around Mars, but the lander crashed.)


Mona Evans
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