{"id":647,"date":"2016-11-24T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T09:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicv.activearchives.org\/logbook\/?p=647"},"modified":"2016-11-24T09:49:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T09:49:24","slug":"zooming-in-on-sciaparelli-components-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sicv.activearchives.org\/logbook\/zooming-in-on-sciaparelli-components-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Zooming in on Sciaparelli components on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\u201cThe erroneous information generated an estimated altitude that was negative \u2013 that is, below ground level,\u201d the ESA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis in turn successively triggered a premature release of the parachute and the backshell [heat shield], a brief firing of the braking thrusters and finally activation of the on-ground systems as if Schiaparelli had already landed. In reality, the vehicle was still at an altitude of around 3.7km (2.3 miles).\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u20ac230m ($251m) Schiaparelli had spent seven years travelling 496m kilometres (308m miles) onboard the so-called Trace Gas Orbiter to within a million kilometres of Mars when it set off on its own mission to reach the surface.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2016\/nov\/24\/mars-lander-smashed-into-ground-at-540kmh-after-misjudging-its-altitude<\/a><\/p>\n

\nNASA\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) imaged the ExoMars Schiaparelli module\u2019s landing site on 25 October 2016, following the module\u2019s arrival at Mars on 19 October.<\/p>\n

The zoomed insets provide close-up views of what are thought to be several different hardware components associated with the module\u2019s descent to the martian surface. These are interpreted as the front heatshield, the parachute and the rear heatshield to which the parachute is still attached, and the impact site of the module itself.<\/p>\n

In the image, north is up; west to the left. Schiaparelli was travelling from west to east. The image scale is 29.5 cm\/pixel. The brightness of the individual zooms have been adjusted to best reveal the features against the martian surface in each case.<\/p>\n

The 100 m scale bar in the main image is only indicative, as the HiRISE image was taken at an oblique angle. The distances given between the various components in the main text have been corrected for this effect.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Image source: http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/Images\/2016\/10\/Zooming_in_on_Schiaparelli_components_on_Mars<\/a><\/p>\n

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