Every now and then, robots on the surface of Mars, or the spacecraft orbiting the planet, send back some fascinating images ...
the Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli inflamed the world's imagination with his claim to have seen long, straight channels (mistranslated as "canals" in English) on the surface of Mars.
An curved arrow pointing right. On Oct. 19, the Schiaparelli lander entered the Martian atmosphere, scheduled for a safe touch down. But something went wrong, and for the last two days ...
In the 19th century, the idea of men on Mars took off after astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli observed straight lines on Mars, which he called canali. This means channels, but it was wrongly ...
"The ExoMars/TGO orbiter is in great shape and ready to swing into orbit around Mars, while the Schiaparelli lander is programmed to wake up at about 15:37 CEST for its landing demonstration ...