The European space agency will need both a launch vehicle and a lander platform to launch its ExoMars rover without help from Russia.
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Nasa plans to test its new rocket system for the Moon, and a new rover is due to begin its journey to Mars.
NASA’s InSight Mars lander touches down Nov. 26, part of a careful robotic approach to exploring the red planet. But human exploration of Mars will inevitably introduce Earth life. Are you OK with that?
If we find microbes on Mars, it will be difficult to exclude the possibility that we have accidentally brought them there from Earth.
Beagle 2 shows the fine line between success and failure in Mars exploration. There’s a lot we can learn from it going forward.
Funding has been agreed for ESA’s ExoMars rover, giving new hope that Europe could find life on Mars.
ESA’s second mission to Mars has become prey to the curse of the Red Planet – although the orbiter is heading for success, the Schiaparelli lander seems to have disappeared.
If we do find life on Mars, it will be difficult to prove that we didn’t bring it there from Earth. An insider talks us through what’s at stake.
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Professor of Physics, Deputy Director (Solar System) at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Planetary Sciences, The Open University
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester
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Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
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Research Fellow in Planetary Science, University of St Andrews