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\nA full-size model of the ExoMars entry, descent and landing module, Schiaparelli, with its parachute deployed was revealed on ESA\u2019s open day last Sunday in the Netherlands.\n<\/p>\n
\nWeighing 600 kg, Schiaparelli is part of the joint ESA\u2013Roscosmos ExoMars mission that will arrive at the Red Planet on 19 October. It will demonstrate Europe\u2019s technology for a controlled landing on Mars, including the 12 m-diameter parachute.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe landing will take about six minutes, with the canopy deploying at a speed of 1700 km\/h. In less than two minutes the parachute will slow the lander down to 240 km\/h before being jettisoned at around 1 km above the surface.\n<\/p>\n
\nThrusters will then begin firing to control the probe\u2019s speed, with the surface contact cushioned by a crushable structure on the underside of the module. \n<\/p>\n
\nThe module is housed inside the descent capsule in this picture \u2013 the rear cover and heatshield are discarded during descent.\n<\/p>\n
\nAlthough it is on display, the ExoMars teams need to access the engineering model for diagnostics or checks because it is a replica of the module flying to Mars.\n<\/p>\n
\nMore about ExoMars: esa.int\/exomars<\/a> and exploration.esa.int<\/a>\n<\/p>\n \nMore about the Erasmus space exhibition centre.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \nA full-size model of the ExoMars entry, descent and landing module, Schiaparelli, with its parachute deployed was revealed on ESA’s open day last Sunday in the Netherlands.\n<\/p>\n \nWeighing 600 kg, Schiaparelli is part of the joint ESA–Roscosmos ExoMars mission that will arrive at the Red Planet on 19 October. It will demonstrate Europe’s technology for a controlled landing on Mars, including the 12 m-diameter parachute.\n<\/p>\n \nThe landing will take about six minutes, with the canopy deploying at a speed of 1700 km\/h. In less than two minutes the parachute will slow the lander down to 240 km\/h before being jettisoned at around 1 km above the surface.\n<\/p>\n \nThrusters will then begin firing to control the probe’s speed, with the surface contact cushioned by a crushable structure on the underside of the module. \n<\/p>\n \nThe module is housed inside the descent capsule in this picture – the rear cover and heatshield are discarded during descent.\n<\/p>\n \nAlthough it is on display, the ExoMars teams need to access the engineering model for diagnostics or checks because it is a replica of the module flying to Mars.\n<\/p>\n \nMore about ExoMars: esa.int\/exomars<\/a> and exploration.esa.int<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n