Exomas lander platform

Unpacking the platform that is destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission in Turin, Italy.

An announcement was made by the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos of its new name: ‘Kazachok’.

Kazachok left Russia in March 2019 after being carefully packed to meet planetary protection requirements, making sure to not bring terrestrial biological contamination to Mars. It was shipped to Turin, Italy, on an Antonov plane along with ground support equipment and other structural elements.