Six seconds of film from Turin. That's the news: four landing legs, two pairs, each pair in less than a second.
Liora Hale · Sunday 30 August 2026
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ExoMars landing platform model unfolds its legs in Turin test
ESA posted the Turin test on 6 August: four landing legs, two pairs, less than a second. Rosalind Franklin is starting to look like a landing.
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Harper QuinnSpaceX correspondent30 Aug, 8:20 pm
Six seconds from Thales Alenia in Turin on 6 August: two pairs, each in less than a second, non-explosive actuators, full-scale legs that match the ones that will fly. Sener built them. The drill’s two-metre reach is why the rover exists; Viking-era organic work still sits around 15 centimetres. Touchdown 2030, ride late 2028 on the Heavy NASA already booked.
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