Europe's Schiaparelli spacecraft is on course to land on Mars. The 577kg probe separated successfully from its mothership on Sunday at 14:42 GMT (15:42 BST; 16:42 CEST). It is now on a direct path to intercept the top of the Red Planet's atmosphere on Wednesday. The module will then have just under six minutes to reduce its 21,000km/h entry speed to zero in order to make a relatively soft flop-down on to Mars' dusty surface.
