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Artist's impression of the ExoMars 2016 mission, including the Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli, a small landing demonstrator module. (Image credit: ESA/ATG Medialab)

The European Space Agency and Russia's Federal Space Agency have teamed up on the ExoMars orbiter and rover mission to the Red Planet. See the latest news, images, videos and more on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Rover mission here.

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Graphic showing the exomars gas trace orbiter orbiting above the surface of Mars, the Red Planet can be seen in the distance.

ExoMars: Europe's astrobiology missions to Mars

By Keith Cooper last updated

Reference Explore the European Space Agency's ExoMars mission in more detail, from the Gas Trace Orbiter to the Rosalind Franklin Martian rover.

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A visualisation of the European ExoMars rover on the surface of the Red Planet.

Europe's record-breaking space budget to save beleaguered ExoMars rover

By Tereza Pultarova published

European Space Agency member states approved a record-breaking nearly 17 billion Euro budget that will help cover the cost of rebuilding the landing platform of the beleaguered ExoMars rover.

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An artist's depiction of the Rosalind Franklin rover.

Europe to ask for homegrown lander for troubled ExoMars rover

By Tereza Pultarova published

The science goals set for Europe's beleaguered ExoMars rover are still unique, European Space Agency said, as it laid down plans to ask member states to fund a new homegrown descent module.

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An artist's impression of the Rosalind Franklin rover, which is testing its life-detection capabilities using samples of microbes from Lost Hammer Spring.

Europe ending cooperation with Russia on life-hunting Mars rover

By Mike Wall published

It's official: Russia will no longer be a partner on Europe's life-hunting Mars rover mission, which is scheduled to launch in the late 2020s.

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Oxia Planum on Mars — where the rover was set to land.

Our Mars rover mission was suspended because of the Ukraine war — here's what we're hoping for next

By Andrew Coates published

Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars mission, a collaboration between Europe and Russia.

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The European ExoMars rover may reach Mars in 2028.

Europe's life-hunting Mars rover unlikely to launch before 2028 due to Russia-Ukraine war

By Tereza Pultarova published

The European ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch before 2028 as the European Space Agency is replacing its Russian-built landing platform due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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The European/Russian ExoMars rover testing its ability to move in sandy terrain, which proved challenging to many rovers before.

Europe's Mars rover now unlikely to launch before 2026 after Russia's war on Ukraine

By Tereza Pultarova published

The European ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch before 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) admitted, as it ponders ways forward for the beleaguered mission.

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An artist's depiction of the Rosalind Franklin rover, which Europe plans to place on the Martian surface in March 2021.

European Space Agency suspends Mars rover launch on Russian rocket

By Tereza Pultarova published

The ExoMars rover's launch, already delayed from 2018, was scheduled for September 2022.

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The ground test model of the European ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover at a Mars yard in Turin, Italy, where it will help operators practice ahead of Rosalind Franklin's planned arrival on the Red Planet in 2023.

Europe's Mars rover will likely miss 2022 launch on Russian rocket due to Ukraine invasion sanctions

By Tereza Pultarova published

Europe's ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch in September as a result of sanctions rolled out by European countries in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine.

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A perspective view of Candor Chasma valley based on images captured by the Mars Express satellite in 2006.

Scientists spot water ice under the 'Grand Canyon' of Mars

By Meghan Bartels published

Water ice may be lurking just a few feet below the Martian surface at one of the Red Planet's most dramatic sites.

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