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Europe will issue new ExoMars lander contract in a few months for beleaguered Mars rover (exclusive)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The European Space Agency's director general, Josef Aschbacher, says the member states are moving ahead with a lander design contract to bring a life-seeking rover to Mars.

'Alien' signal beamed to Earth from Mars in SETI test
By Mike Wall published
A European Mars orbiter beamed a coded message to Earth today (May 24), kicking off a weeks-long project designed to help us prep for a real signal from E.T.

How would we decode a message from ET? New project will give us a trial run
By Mike Wall published
A new project called 'A Sign in Space' will give scientists and laypeople around the world practice at decoding a message from intelligent aliens.

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.

The best spaceflight stories of 2022 brought us across the solar system
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft made an epic flight to the moon, Russia invaded Ukraine and SpaceX set a few records.

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.

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.

Space station experiment suggests Mars rovers will need to dig deep to find life
By Keith Cooper published
The search for signs of life, past or present, on Mars may have hit a stumbling blocks as new results show how the rovers will be unable to detect biomarkers on the surface.
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