by Ed Kruzins (CASS)

ESA Mars probe Schiaparelli detaches from mothership for descent . The landing site and other details are given here . For live updates see here . The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex , part of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), is supporting the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission and Schiaparelli landing using the Tidbinbilla 70-m dish DSS-43.