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The ExoMars mission's Trace Gas Orbiter analyzed the Martian atmosphere, finding a surprising lack of traces of methane.

What's Eating Mars' Methane? ExoMars Results Deepen Mystery

By Megan Gannon published

The first findings from the ExoMars orbiter show no signs of methane in Mars' atmosphere.

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Europe's Mars Express orbiter captured this image of a half-lit Red Planet in December 2012.

There Is Definitely Methane on Mars, Scientists Say. But Is It a Sign of Life?

By Mike Wall published

We may be one step closer to cracking the Mars methane mystery.

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Artist's illustration of Europe's ExoMars rover "Rosalind Franklin" (foreground) and Russia's stationary surface science platform “Kazachok” (background) on the surface of Mars.

Meet 'Kazachok': Landing Platform for ExoMars Rover Gets a Name

By Mike Wall published

The Russian-built landing platform for the ExoMars rover now has a name: 'Kazachok.'

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A trial rover exploring Chile's Mars-like Atacama Desert.

Good News for Mars Life Hunt? Rover Digs Up Microbes in Chilean Desert

By Mike Wall published

Drilling for signs of life on Mars, as two rover missions plan to do soon, is a pretty sound strategy, a new study suggests.

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European Mars Rover Named for Crystal Scientist Rosalind Franklin

By Meghan Bartels published

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Europe's ExoMars Rover

Europe's Life-Hunting Mars Rover Needs a Name

By Mike Wall published

The UK Space Agency has launched a public competition to name the U.K.-built ExoMars rover, which is scheduled to launch toward the Red Planet on a life-hunting mission in 2020.

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New, Life-Hunting Organic Molecule Analyzer Set to Launch to Mars in 2020 (Video)

By Elizabeth Howell published

Europe's upcoming Mars rover features a powerful toaster oven-size lab that will search for signs of life on the Red Planet.

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Mars parachute test

The Largest Parachute Ever Built for Mars Aces Its First Test

By Tereza Pultarova published

The largest-ever parachute bound for Mars, which will land Europe's ExoMars rover on the surface of the Red Planet in 2021, passed the first in a series of tests in Sweden.

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TGO View of Mars' Korolev Crater

Icy Mars Crater Shines in European Probe's 1st Photo from New Orbit

By Mike Wall published

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Methane-Sniffing Orbiter Finishes 'Aerobraking' Dives Through Mars' Atmosphere

By Mike Wall published

A spacecraft that will sniff for possible signs of life in the Martian atmosphere is nearly ready to start its science work at the Red Planet.

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