Destination Mars


The ExoMars 2016 lifts off on a Proton-M rocket in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on March 14, 2016. One of the scientific objectives of the collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency is to search for signs of past and present life on Mars. (Stephane Corvaja/ESA via Getty Images)
The ExoMars 2016 lifts off on a Proton-M rocket in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on March 14, 2016. One of the scientific objectives of the collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency is to search for signs of past and present life on Mars. (Stephane Corvaja/ESA via Getty Images)