TGO got to Mars in 2016 and started its full science mission in 2018. The spacecraft is not just returning incredible images, however also supplying the best ever inventory of the worlds climatic gases, and mapping the planets surface area for water-rich areas. It will also offer data relay services for the 2nd ExoMars mission consisting of the Rosalind Franklin rover and Kazachok platform, when it gets here on Mars in 2023.
The two blue parallel trenches in this image, called Cerberus Fossae, were thought to have formed by tectonic procedures. In this image, CaSSIS is looking straight down into one of these 2 km-wide cracks.
The spacecraft is not just returning spectacular images, however likewise providing the best ever stock of the worlds atmospheric gases, and mapping the planets surface area for water-rich locations.
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter CaSSIS cam picture of the young volcanic area of Elysium Planitia on Mars [10.3 ° N, 159.5 ° E] taken on April 14, 2021. Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSISThis picture of the young volcanic region of Elysium Planitia on Mars [10.3 ° N, 159.5 ° E] was handled April 14, 2021, by the CaSSIS electronic camera on the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The 2 blue parallel trenches in this image, called Cerberus Fossae, were believed to have formed by tectonic procedures. They run for nearly one thousand km over the volcanic area. In this image, CaSSIS is looking straight down into among these 2 km-wide fissures.
The flooring here is a few hundred meters deep and is filled with grainy sand, likely basaltic in structure, which appears blue in the CaSSIS false-colour composite image. The flat volcanic plains close by are punctured by small impact craters, which expose potentially the same basaltic products that we see within Cerberus Fossae.
By European Space Company
September 16, 2021
