Darmstadt – Not only Darmstadt. Turin, at Thales Alenia Space, where the ExoMars spacecraft was developed and integrated with the work of 250 engineers and technicians, expects the data that the edge of the orbital module Tgo computer recorded, “chasing” via telemetry the descent of the landing probe Schiaparelli toward the surface of Mars. “We will also receive the data – says in an interview with La Stampa Vincenzo Giorgio, vice president for institutional activities of Thales Alenia Space Italy and administrator of the Altec Centre in Turin – and we hope to have some information on what is happening, also because so far it is only hypothesis. In any case, the mission is a success. ” So, a mission that so far has provided significant results? “Of course. First, for how’s going the mission of Tgo orbiting probe. It also had to take a very complex and delicate operation. In fact, after accompanying Schiaparelli, Tgo had to go for two hours on its main engine to retrieve the parameters of its orbit. It did it very well and in an area in the shade. ” (9Colonne)
