ExoMars is testing impact alternatives as the launch date approaches in September.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Rosalind Franklin rover will be part of the ExoMars mission.
Amalia, a copy of the rover, is being used by engineers.
The launch of ExoMars is scheduled for September.
WHY IN NEWS
ExoMars, a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos, has practised driving off its Kazachok landing platform on the Martian surface, bringing it one step closer to landing on the Red Planet. The Rosalind Franklin rover, which was manufactured in the United Kingdom, performed a meticulously prepared manoeuvre on Martian soil, much as it would have done after a nerve-wracking fall to the planet's surface for the first time. The mission's new target date is September of this year.
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The escape from Kazachok is a meticulously orchestrated action that engineers are rehearsing on Earth, according to an ESA video. The experiments were carried out in a Turin, Italy-based Mars terrain simulator. 'While driving takes around 15 minutes during these workouts, the entire procedure will take a few Martian days.' The rover will spend a week after landing unfolding its wheels and deploying the mast, among other checks, according to ESA. Mars is comparable to Earth in many aspects, including the daily cycle. A day on Mars lasts for 24 hours, 37 minutes, and 22.663 seconds.
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Engineers are testing numerous situations and making judgments that will keep the Rosalind Franklin rover safe in the harsh environment of Mars using a machine that is a twin of the Rosalind Franklin rover. Amalia is the name of the test machine, which is named after famous astronomer Amalia Ercoli Finzi, who has extensive knowledge in space dynamics. The primary goal of the ExoMars mission is to look for signs of life on Mars and determine whether or not life has ever lived there. The term 'exo' is used in its name to allude to the field of exobiology (astrobiology), which studies the possibility of life beyond Earth. The mission is divided into two parts: The Trace Gas Orbiter and a landing module were launched in March 2016 as the first. The second, which will include a rover, is set to launch in September of this year.