Free Astronomy Magazine May-June 2016

ASTRONAUTICS 39 MAY-JUNE 2016 I n the background, an artist’s concept of the Trace Gas Orbiter with the Schiaparelli lander orbiting around Mars. [ESA/ATG medialab, NASA/JPL-Caltech] In the side video, some phases of the separa- tion of the two probes and their rapid ap- proach to the planet. [ESA/ATG medialab]