The following European mission to Mars snapped a long way with the final entry into the construction phase of the spacecraft orbital in a race against time about the planned launch date in January 2016.
And signed by the European Space Agency officials (ESA) on Monday last building spacecraft "ExoMars", which will go in 2016 the task of contract, an agreement between the agency and the company "Thalz Alenia Space," the prime contractor for the orbiter.
The mission of "ExoMars" is the result of a partnership between the European Space Agency and the Russian Space Agency, designed to search for signs of past or present life on Mars, where they were planning for the first two tasks to the Red Planet in 2016 and the second two years later.
Includes 2016 two main components important, first send a probe to trace the gas, which would seek to "hunt" methane and any other atmospheric gases can be produced forms of life on Mars, and the second is the prototype of the tradition of landing on the surface of the Red Planet objective knowledge necessary technical task in 2018 and tasks Mars future.
The 2018 main task Vgredha send a probe (Rover) is capable of drilling to a depth of two meters at the surface of the Red Planet, where scientists strongly looking forward to collect samples of such protected from the cold, drought and radiation that hits the surface of Mars depth.
The total value of the contract with the company "Thalz Alenia Space," about 230 million euros ($ 307 million), while the financial commitment of the European Space Agency for the entire mission "ExoMars" 1.2 billion euros ($ 1.6 billion), according to agency officials.
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