Roskosmos has received the first pictures of the station ExoMars-2016 – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, April 14 – RIA Novosti The first pictures from the space cameras. the apparatus of the Russian-European mission to search for life on Mars ExoMars-2016, launched March 14, 2016, came to Earth, said Thursday in “Roscosmos” press service.

“April 7, 2016 in the verification process equipment performance for the first time included a high-resolution camera TGO (orbiter Trace Gas Orbiter) The first pictures of outer space came to earth -. two frames selected at random space stations in the direction of the southern pole of the sky taken with a small displacement, “- said in a statement .

According to the main chamber a researcher from the University of Bern (Switzerland), Nicolas Thomas, driven by the message, images processing has shown that the camera and the mechanism of its guidance work well: “Although the camera is not designed to do pictures of distant stars, the first images look very promising. Everything points to an opportunity to get good data on Mars “

Today ExoMars traveled more than 83 of the 500 million kilometers on the way to Mars next stage of the joint project of Roskosmos and the European Space Agency -.. The spacecraft rate adjustment in July to ensure that the approach to Mars.

ExoMars-2016 and ExoMars-2018 is a unique joint project of the European space agency (ESA) and the state corporation “Roscosmos”. during the first mission, orbiter Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) examine small gas impurities of the atmosphere and the distribution of water ice in the Martian soil, including by using Russian scientific instruments, developed at the Institute of space research. it is expected that the demonstration landing module Schiaparelli run for entrance into the atmosphere and will make landing on the surface of the Red planet.

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