New pictures taken by a NASA satellite indicate that Europe's experimental Mars lander created a shallow crater when it crashed on the surface last week.
The images released on Thursday show in greater detail the likely fate of the Schiaparelli probe, which was designed to test technology for the European Space Agency's attempt to put a robot on Mars in 2020.
ESA lost communication with Schiaparelli shortly before the probe was supposed to touch down on October 19.
Two days later, pictures captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showed a crash landing may have wrecked Europe's Mars probe'at the landing site - indicating that the probe may have exploded.
The latest images indicate that Schiaparelli dug a crater some 50 centimetres (nearly 20 inches) deep and about 2.4 metres (7.9 feet) across when it hit the surface at a speed of more than 300 kph (186 mph).
The agency said it's still analysing asymmetrical dark markings around the site, which suggest the craft's propellant tanks exploded largely in one direction.
