Mars Mission Blasts Off by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 20
Date: March 25, 2016
Article: Mars Mission Blasts Off
Author:  Time for Kids
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1. An unmanned spacecraft was launched aboard a Russian rocket.
2. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter was an unmanned spacecraft.
3. The unmanned spacecraft was launch on March 14, 2016.
4. The unmanned spacecraft is suppose to reach Mars in October.
5. The European and Russian space agencies are working together on this mission.
6. Paolo Ferri is head of mission operations for the European Space Agency.
7. One part of the orbiter is the ability to study gases in the Mars atmosphere.
8. The other part of the orbiter is a lander that will study dust storms.
9. The ExoMars will be looking for Methane Gas.
10. The clue is to find methane gas.  If there is methane gas then they have to find its source.
11. NASA is planning a mission in 2018.
12. That mission will study the planets interior.

Reference
http://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2014/01/Rosetta_Wake_up_VNR/Paolo_FERRI_soundbites_in_Italian
http://exploration.esa.int/mars/46475-trace-gas-orbiter/