Space.com #High Stakes: Europe Aims for 1st Successful Mars Landing Today 19 October 2016 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: The Schiaparelli lander — part of the European-Russian ExoMars 2016 mission — is scheduled to touch down on Mars at 10:48 a.m. EDT today (Oct. 19). To date, only NASA has pulled off a fully successful mission to the Martian surface. from Space.com ift.tt/2dz7isM Share: