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The lander is not Russian. It was designed by the good people at Thales Alenia Space. Russia provided launch services and a few experiments for the TGO.
by pinewurst 10y ago
The lander is not Russian. It was designed by the good people at Thales Alenia Space. Russia provided launch services and a few experiments for the TGO.
- dogma1138 10y agoThe lander is Russian AFIAK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars the rover is going to be built by ESA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars_(rover) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars_(rover)
- pinewurst 10y agoThe Schiaparelli lander landing imminently is not Russian, but the next ExoMars lander is supposed to be. See the same cited reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM_lander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiaparelli_EDM_lander "It was built in Italy"