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Destination: The Red Planet.
Seven months after setting off, Europe's ExoMars mission should make history later on Wednesday.
Having successfully separated from its Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) mothership on Sunday, the space probe Schiaparelli is due to touch down, its descent slowed by a parachute.
But landing on Mars is notoriously difficult and there will be a few sweaty palms at the European Space Agency's Mission Control in Darmstadt, Germany.