{"id":13423,"date":"2016-10-27T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13423"},"modified":"2016-10-27T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:20:03","slug":"exomars-new-images-of-the-exomars-schiaparelli-crash-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13423","title":{"rendered":"ExoMars: New images of the ExoMars Schiaparelli crash site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\" target=\"_blank\">European Space Agency<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ExoMars_Trace_Gas_Orbiter\" target=\"_blank\">Trace Gas Orbiter<\/a> (TGO) spacecraft went into orbit around Mars successfully last week. However, TGO&#8217;s companion on the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploration.esa.int\/mars\/\" target=\"_blank\">ExoMars<\/a> mission, the <a href=\"http:\/\/exploration.esa.int\/mars\/47852-entry-descent-and-landing-demonstrator-module\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schiaparelli<\/a> lander demonstrator, went permanently silent when it neared the surface of the Red Planet. NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter <\/a>has taken pictures of the landing site\u00a0and the mission team will\u00a0use the images to try to understand what happened in the final seconds of Schiaparelli&#8217;s fatal fall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2016\/10\/new-hi-rez-photo-of-europes-lost-mars-lander-uncovers-a-new-mystery\/\" target=\"_d\">New hi-rez photo of Europe\u2019s lost Mars lander uncovers a new mystery | Ars Technica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/ExoMars\/Detailed_images_of_Schiaparelli_and_its_descent_hardware_on_Mars\" target=\"_d\">Detailed images of Schiaparelli and its descent hardware on Mars &#8211; ESA<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is NASA&#8217;s statement on the MRO images:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/further-clues-to-fate-of-mars-lander-seen-from-orbit\" target=\"_d\">Further Clues to Fate of Mars Lander, Seen From Orbit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13424\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/thumbnails\/image\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13424\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=13424\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"985,1059\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pia21131-hirise_of_edm1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1-952x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13424 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1-952x1024.jpg\" alt=\"pia21131-hirise_of_edm1\" width=\"520\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1-952x1024.jpg 952w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pia21131-hirise_of_edm1.jpg 985w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>This Oct. 25, 2016, image from the HiRISE camera on NASA&#8217;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the area where the Europe&#8217;s Schiaparelli test lander struck Mars, with magnified insets of three sites where spacecraft components hit the ground. It adds detail not seen in earlier imaging of the site. Credits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/Univ. of Arizona<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most powerful telescope orbiting Mars is providing new details of the scene near the Martian equator where Europe&#8217;s Schiaparelli test lander hit the surface last week.<\/p>\n<p>An Oct. 25 observation using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA&#8217;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows three impact locations within about 0.9 mile (1.5 kilometers) of each other.<\/p>\n<p>The scene shown by HiRISE includes three locations where hardware reached the ground. A dark, roughly circular feature is interpreted as where the lander itself struck. A pattern of rays extending from the circle suggests that a shallow crater was excavated by the impact, as expected given the premature engine shutdown. About 0.8 mile (1.4 kilometers) eastward, an object with several bright spots surrounded by darkened ground is likely the heat shield. About 0.8 mile (1.4 kilometers) south of the lander impact site, two features side-by-side are interpreted as the spacecraft&#8217;s parachute and the back shell to which the parachute was attached. Additional images to be taken from different angles are planned and will aid interpretation of these early results.<\/p>\n<p>The test lander is part of the European Space Agency&#8217;s ExoMars 2016 mission, which placed the Trace Gas Orbiter into orbit around Mars on Oct. 19. The orbiter will investigate the atmosphere and surface of Mars and provide relay communications capability for landers and rovers on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>Data transmitted by Schiaparelli during its descent through Mars&#8217; atmosphere is enabling analysis of why the lander&#8217;s thrusters switched off prematurely. The new HiRISE imaging provides additional information, with more detail than visible in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=6658\" target=\"_blank\">earlier view<\/a> with the Context Camera (CTX) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.<\/p>\n<p>With HiRISE, CTX and four other instruments, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been investigating Mars since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado. NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA&#8217;s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the orbiter and collaborates with JPL to operate it. For additional information about the project, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/mro\" target=\"_blank\">mars.nasa.gov\/mro<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency&#8216;s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft went into orbit around Mars successfully last week. However, TGO&#8217;s companion on the ExoMars mission, the Schiaparelli lander demonstrator, went permanently silent when it neared the surface of the Red Planet. NASA&#8217;s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken pictures of the landing site\u00a0and the mission team will\u00a0use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13423\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ExoMars: New images of the ExoMars Schiaparelli crash site<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3uv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13347,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13347","url_meta":{"origin":13423,"position":0},"title":"Webcast coverage of the ExoMars arrival at the Red Planet","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The European\/Russian ExoMars\u00a0mission is nearing the Red Planet. 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