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When did ExoMars land?

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Mia Smith

Published Mar 18, 2026

When did ExoMars land?

10 June 2023
Rosalind Franklin (rover)

Spacecraft properties
Landing date10 June 2023
Landing siteOxia Planum
ExoMars programme

What is the ExoMars mission?

The mission The ExoMars programme comprises two missions: the first – the Trace Gas Orbiter – launched in 2016 while the second, comprising a rover and surface platform, is planned for 2022. Together they will address the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars.

What was the first mission to land on Mars?

Viking 1
The first spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, Viking 1 was part of a two-part mission to investigate the Red Planet and search for signs of life.

Has Europe landed on Mars?

The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander, part of the ExoMars mission to Mars, launched to the Red Planet on March 14, 2016.

What were the last discoveries of the ExoMars Rover?

Spirit discovered that an ancient volcano erupted at “Home Plate,” the rover’s final resting place. Together, powerful steam eruptions from heated underground water produced some explosive volcanism. While violent, these extreme conditions can support microbial life on Earth. Once upon a time, maybe they did on Mars…

What Rover will launch in 2022?

ExoMars Rover
The second mission in the ExoMars Program is the 2022 ExoMars Rover and Surface Platform, scheduled to launch between August and October of 2022 from the Baikonur launch complex in Kazakhstan and land on Mars roughly nine months later.

Can I buy land in Mars?

Article II of the Outer Space Treaty states, “Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.” In short, nobody can claim ownership of Mars or land on Mars, or do so with any other …

What planets have humans landed?

Only our two nearest neighbours Venus and Mars have been landed on. Landing on another planet is technically challenging and many attempted landings have failed. Mars is the most explored of the planets.

Has any human ever landed on Mars?

A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. There have also been studies for a possible human mission to Mars, including a landing, but none have been attempted.

Has the perseverance rover found anything?

Perseverance rover finds evidence of ancient river on Mars The Jezero crater — a dry, wind-scoured patch of Martian rock where the rover touched down in February — was once a lake bed fed by an ancient river with floods so powerful they could move boulders, scientists say.