ExoMars 2028 is a second mission of two-part European Space Agency astrobiology project to search for evidence of life on Mars. The primary objective is to land the rover at a site with high potential for finding well-preserved organic material, particularly from the very early history of the planet. The rover is expected to travel several kilometers during its mission. The European rover will be the first mission to combine the capability to move across the surface and to study Mars at depth. It will collect samples with a drill down to a depth of 2 m and analyze them with next-generation instruments in an onboard laboratory. Underground samples are more likely to include biomarkers, since the tenuous martian atmosphere offers little protection from radiation and photochemistry at the surface.
The agency or launch service provider is not known yet.
WIKIFrench tooling manufacturer Loiretech has delivered a second component of a mock-up of the ExoMars heat shield to ArianeGroup’s facilities in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. The development of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) revised ExoMars miss…
Bremen, Germany (AFP) Nov 26, 2025 NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday. T…
A pair of ramps that will allow the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin rover to roll from its landing platform onto the surface of Mars has passed a key testing milestone. In early 2024, ESA awarded Thales Alenia Space a €522 …
The intricate mechanisms of the most sophisticated laboratory on Mars are revealed in Episode 4 of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin series, called “Sample processing.”
French tooling manufacturer Loiretech has delivered a mock-up of the ExoMars heat shield to ArianeGroup’s facilities in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. In April 2024, the European Space Agency awarded a €522 million contract to a Thales Alenia Spa…
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