ESA Became Anxious In The Last Few Seconds As It's Schiaparelli Lander Have Its Final Descent To Mars

European Space Agency (ESA) became anxious for the last few seconds as Schiaparelli Lander having his final landing to the Mars on Oct. 19. Schiaparelli lander did not behave according to the expected plan.

Telemetry recovered Schiaparelli lander during its descent indicates that its parachute was jettisoned too early.

Schiaparelli Lander is supposed to test new technologies for a rover upon landing to the Mars. It will drill into the ground to collect and analyze samples for possibilities of life on the Mars.

If ever that landing will be the first with the ability to both move across the surface of Mars.

Scientists said they had received data from the lander covering its entry into the Martian atmosphere as well its deployment of its heat shield and parachute which were designed to slow the speed.

But in the last few seconds its thrusters fired for too short compared to what is expected and suddenly there is no signal from the Schiaparelli that means it was been shut off and scientist are not sure of its status on the ground.

"We need to understand what happened in the last few seconds before the planned landing," said David Parker, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration.

Scientists will analyze all the data received so far, and also still hope to re-establish contact with the lander before its batteries run out in a few days.

As we can remember the project in 2003 which is Britain's Beagle never made contact after being sent down by the Mars Express spacecraft  and it fails to deploy its solar panels on landing.

Mars's hostile environment has not detracted from its allure, with U.S. President Barack Obama recently highlighting his pledge to send people to the surface by the 2030s.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the planet.

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, who is set to become the first German commander of the International Space Station in 2018, said the ExoMars mission would provide important clues on what conditions the first humans traveling to Mars would face.

"Eventually, though, we will need to go there ourselves as scientists to find out what is there," he told Reuters TV late on Wednesday.

The ESA did not yet concede that the lander crashed but  definitely it is not in a positive status and they will continually monitor for few days its status.