00:01On this day in space.
00:03In 2016, the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission arrived at Mars.
00:08ExoMars consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter and the Schiaparelli Lander.
00:12The orbiter and lander traveled there together and separated on October 16th,
00:16three days before the orbiter entered orbit around Mars,
00:18and the lander touched down on the planet's surface.
00:21But something went wrong during the lander's descent, and it crashed into the ground.
00:25Schiaparelli did not survive the accident, but the Trace Gas Orbiter is still functional.
00:29It is currently circling the planet looking for methane and other gases in the Martian atmosphere
00:33that could be evidence for possible biological activity.
00:36And that's what happened on this day in space.
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