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ESA's Schiaparelli Mars crash site located in NASA orbiter image [i]Europe's Schiaparelli lander not only slammed into Mars at "a considerable speed," but it may have exploded on impact, a new photo from a U.S. orbiter has revealed. The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday (Oct. 21) released the first image of what are likely the remains of its entry, descent and landing demonstrator, which attempted to touch down on the Red Planet Wednesday. The photos were taken by a low-resolution context camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). "The image released today ... shows two new features on the surface when compared to an image from the same camera taken in May [of] this year," ESA officials wrote in a statement posted on its website.[/i]
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