ExoMars 2016 by European and Russian scientists
Q. ExoMars is a Mars exploration project by whom?- Published on 15 Mar 16a. European and Russian Scientists
b. Indian and NASA Scientists
c. NASA and Russian Scientists
d. French and NASA Scientists
ANSWER: European and Russian Scientists
- The probe, ExoMars 2016 — the first of a two-phase exploration of the Red Planet by European and Russian scientists — is scheduled to be blasted into space on a Proton rocket from Baikonour cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
- The spacecraft consists of a module called Schiaparelli that will test heat shields and parachutes in preparation for future probe landings on Mars and a second main component, the Trace Gas Orbiter or TGO that will seek out methane — usually produced by living organisms — in planet’s atmosphere.
