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October 19, 2016

Euro-Russian craft enters Mars orbit, but lander's fate unknown
Darmstadt, Germany (AFP) Oct 19, 2016
Europe and Russia celebrated placing a robot explorer into Mars orbit on Wednesday, but ground controllers faced an anxious night searching for the tiny lander it had despatched to the Red Planet's surface. The "Schiaparelli" lander, a trial-run for a Mars rover to follow, was meant to touch down at 1448 GMT, after separating from its mothership, the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), on Sunday. But contact with the paddling pool-sized lander was lost during its six-minute descent through the Red Planet's ... read more

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