10 October: SIX days until Schiaparelli EDM separation, and NINE days to arrival and landing on #Mars!
ESA – Robotic Exploration of Mars: A stormy arrival for Schiaparelli?
In October 2016, the Schiaparelli capsule, also known as the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM), is scheduled to make the first landing on Mars by an ESA spacecraft. Will it be greeted by a raging dust storm? What impacts could such a storm have on the historic mission?