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2 unusual facts about ExoMars


ExoMars

The lander's name refers to 19th century astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, best known for describing the surface features of Mars.

Mars 2018 mission

ExoMars, a robotic mission to Mars under development by the European Space Agency


Alexander V. Zakharov

However with an agreement for cooperation with the European Space Agency on ExoMars had been reached, the space agency chose to focus on that program instead, but not ruled out any possible future Phobos sample return mission.


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