March 2016
The Countdown is on: Exomars on its Way through Deep Space
To reach and land on Mars in 5,296 hours
Guarded by its Multilayer Insulation made by HPS Portugal the European landing demonstrator Schiaparelli will reach and enter the hostile Martian atmosphere at a speed of 21,000 km/h by October 19th this year, after 269 days or 5,296 hours of flight through the galaxy after a perfect launch on March 14th.