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Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video)

A giant parachute built for the beleaguered European ExoMars mission has aced a drop test in the Arctic stratosphere.

Space · Jul 22, 2025

NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover

NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.

Space · Jun 30, 2025

Mars orbiter hears the siren song of a salty Red Planet 'mermaid'

The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spied a salt deposit on Mars that likely indicates water once flowed there, in a region known as the "Sea of the Sirens."

Space · Aug 12, 2024

UK Mars rover is casualty of war as science severs its links with Russia

ExoMars mission, of which the £840m British-built vehicle was part, depended on a Russian Proton rocket

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Tech & Science Daily: ExoMars mission suspended over Ukraine invasion

A space mission to launch a British-built rover to Mars has been suspended - because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2022

European Space Agency suspends €1bn Mars mission with Russia

The ESA has commissioned a study of how to get ExoMars off the ground without Roscosmos involvement

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022

Russian invasion of Ukraine derails a vital mission to find alien life on Mars

The war in Ukraine and subsequent international sanctions on Russia have forced the European Space Agency to suspend collaboration with Russia on missions to space.

Inverse · Mar 17, 2022

ExoMars mission suspended as ESA says cooperation with Russia is ‘impossible’

Because of the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin, Europe will no longer be attempting to send its first rover to the red planet this year

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022

ExoMars rover closer to launch after landing test

The Rosalind Franklin rover is due to launch in September.

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022