Russian Module Of ExoMars-2020 Mission To Land On Mars In March 2021 - Roscosmos Chief

Daniyal Sohail Published September 22, 2018 | 09:28 PM

Russian landing module of the joint Russia-EU ExoMars-2020 mission will land on Mars in March 2021, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd September, 2018) Russian landing module of the joint Russia-EU ExoMars-2020 mission will land on Mars in March 2021, Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

"On March 19, 2021, the Russian landing module should land Europe's Mars rover on the Red Planet," Rogozin said on Facebook.

ExoMars is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos. ExoMars-2020 is the second stage of the joint project. The first stage of the project included the launch of the European Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Schiaparelli Demonstrator Module.

Schiaparelli failed to achieve a soft landing, crashing on the surface of Mars in October 2016.

The ExoMars-2020 mission will include the launch of a European Mars rover and a landing module developed in Russia. The Russian landing platform, the final assembly of which is being conducted by Lavochkin NPO, will be equipped with 11 Russian and two European scientific instruments. The Mars rover will have seven European and two Russian scientific devices on board.