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    Mars methane mission lifts off

    2016-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Europe and Russia have launched a joint mission to the Red Planet. The satellite, called the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), lifted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 09:31 GMT. Source: European Space Agency Proton-M launcher at the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan The probe will investigate ...