The Russian neutron detector "Hadron-RM" is installed on board the European rover and is ready for flight.
The device will allow an analysis of the upper layer of the surface of Mars.
The specialists of NPO Lavochkin have successfully completed tests of the Proton-M carrier rocket transition system necessary for the launch of the ExoMars 2020 mission.
The program consists of two stages, the first one started in 2016. The second stage with the Russian landing module "Kazachok" and the European rover "Rosalind" will start in the summer of 2020.
Personnel:
Mitrofanov I.G. - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Department of Nuclear Planetology of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Calendar: 04.24.2019