Locate the answer for Europe's Mars mission

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on October 1 that it identified four potential locations on Mars to carry out self-propelled car landing in 2019, in its most daring exploration project. This universe is for the red planet.

>>>Test of Mars self-propelled vehicles

The mission to land autonomous vehicles is the second part of a two-phase effort called ExoMars , a joint project between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to find evidence of life on Mars.

In the first step, a probe flying around Mars orbit will be launched in January 2016 and arrive 9 months later. This ship has a mission to search for traces of methane - a sign of the existence of microbial life.

Mars image taken by Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), published on September 30 - (Photo: AFP)

The probe will also bring a fixed amphibious ship called Schiaparelli to the surface of Mars to carry out a technology test for the second step of taking a self-propelled six-wheel ship to the red planet. in January 2019.

Four potential positions for the 2019 landing were named Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Hypanis Vallis and Aram Dorsum . All four locations are quite close to the red planet's equator.

"Today's Mars surface does not support living organisms, but ancient life may have arisen at a time when the climate is warmer and wetter than 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago," AFP quoted. the scientist from the ExoMars project Jorge Vago said in a statement.

"So our landing site must be an area with a lot of ancient rocks, where liquid water once flowed abundantly. Our initial assessment is that four potential locations for landing are appropriate. most for the scientific goals of the mission " , according to scientist Jorge Vago.

Currently an ESA probe is Mars Express flying over Mars orbit. The ship arrived in the red planet in December 2003 and sent back to Earth high-resolution 3D images of the Martian surface, as well as confirming a large amount of frozen water under the polar surface. male.

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