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Mission to Mars launches in search of signs of life

14 Mar 2016 Michael Banks
Artistic impression of the Schiaparelli lander separating from the Trace Gas Orbiter
Surface bound: the Schiaparelli lander will separate from the TGO. (Courtesy: ESA/ATG medialab)
A joint European and Russian probe to study the atmosphere and surface of Mars has successfully laun

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