Mars mission set to make history by landing probe on red planet

If Schiaparelli confirms it has survived the six-minute descent it will be the first time a European spacecraft has successfully made it to the red planet. The ExoMars mission's main objective is to look for signs of life. For the European Space Agency the landing is a 'technology demonstrator', a test of the descent system it hopes to use in 2020 to put a robotic rover on the surface.