ExoMars

New Crowdsourcing Challenge Provides Context for Exploring the Conditions Necessary for Life on Mars in the Past

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Friday, February 18, 2022
EGA, CEO, The Prize, NASA, Social network, XPRIZE, Dragonfly, Solution, Innovation, Method, Challenge, Competition, ExoMars, Ageing, Machine learning, Habitability, Research, Intelligence, Online shopping, Mars, Titan

This data is from geological samples of scientific interest to better understand the planet's potential signs of past habitability.

Key Points: 
  • This data is from geological samples of scientific interest to better understand the planet's potential signs of past habitability.
  • One of the most important planetary science discoveries in recent years is that Mars had environmental conditions that could have been livable in the past.
  • Understanding how these conditions changed is important to understanding Mars' conditions for habitability over time.
  • Additionally, thousands of samples have been analyzed in labs on Earth to help scientists understand the context for the data collected on Mars.

Multiple Spacecraft Launch to Mars - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, August 10, 2020
Aerospace, Manufacturing, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Discovery and exploration of the Solar System, Mars rovers, In spaceflight, ExoMars, Roscosmos, In China, Tianwen-1, Mars, Rosalind Franklin, NASA

NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover was launched on July 30.

Key Points: 
  • NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover was launched on July 30.
  • China's Tianwen-1 and the United Arab Emirates' Hope Probe also launched last week.
  • However, the European and Russian Space Agencies have delayed the launch of their ExoMars rover citing concerns over the coronavirus and spacecraft component readiness.
  • The joint agency mission is now intended to launch between August and October 2022.

Maxar Technologies' MDA to Design Lunar Rover Concept for Canadian Space Agency

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Monday, October 29, 2018
Spaceflight, Spacecraft, Outer space, ExoMars, Exploration of the Moon, Space program of Japan, Lunar rovers, Rover, Mars rover, Lunar Roving Vehicle, Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, Aurora programme

"The development of the Lunar Gateway and lunar rover are critical next steps in deep space exploration, and MDA is proud to support these initiatives and advance Canada's leading position in space."

Key Points: 
  • "The development of the Lunar Gateway and lunar rover are critical next steps in deep space exploration, and MDA is proud to support these initiatives and advance Canada's leading position in space."
  • The rover concept design forms part of a larger study that includes contributions from the European Space Agency, the Japanese Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, with the objective of preparing technologies and operations for landing astronauts on the surface as early as the late 2020s.
  • Key challenges for the rover include operating during the hot lunar day and cold lunar night, each of which lasts approximately 14 consecutive Earth days.
  • MDA will leverage experience gained in development of elements of the ExoMars rover , scheduled to launch in 2020, in development of the Lunar rover.