Prior to the start of the spring meeting, an international launch-event at the European European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC) in Darmstadt on the launch of the ExoMars mission will be broadcasted live on Monday morning.

 

The conference participants can expect a comprehensive program consisting of talks on the mission and, of course, the rocket take-off at 10:31 am. The broadcast starts Monday, March 14, at 9:30 am in lecture hall S1|01-A1 (Audimax) and will last until approximately 11 am. It will be commented on-site by Dr. Reinhold Betrand (ESA / TU Darmstadt).

 

Further background information & Updates on ExoMars:

www.esa.int/exomars or twitter @esa_science

 

Europas ExoMars-Orbiter setzt am Mars das Schiaparelli-Testlandemodul ab. Bild: ESA / Europe’s orbiter ExoMars drops the Schiaparelli test landing module at Mars. Figure: ESA

ESA Hauptkontrollraum in Darmstadt. Bild: ESA / ESA main control room in Darmstadt. Picture: ESA