The European Space Agency voted to suspend the joint Mars mission with Russia. The launch of the mission for the Red Planet is on hold indefinitely.
The tragedy that is unfolding in Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24 resulted in the agency being unable to carry out cooperation on the ExoMars rover mission.
The European Space Agency deplores the human casualties and tragic consequences of the aggression towards Ukraine.
Russia developed the surface platform as well as the Proton rocket, an expendable launch system that was slated to carry the goods to the fourth rock from the sun.
Is there water on Mars?
Is this the end for ExoMars? Not quite, as officials are looking at alternatives.
The director-general of the European Space Agency said that NASA is an option. The US space agency pulled out of the project about a decade ago, but the European Space Agency had planned to work on it.
The council said that Aschbacher should begin an industrial study to look at alternative ways to launch the European-built rover called Rosalind Franklin.
The diagram shows the Trace Gas Orbiter. There is an instrument called the "ESA."
He said that we need to look into the options of Europe alone or with other partners.
The question of whether life has ever existed on Mars is being answered by ExoMars. The rocket was scheduled to be launched from Baikonur in September of 2022, with a landing on Mars in June of 2023.
Once on the Red Planet, the rover would be able to move across the surface, drill down to a depth of 2 meters, collect samples, and analyze them with instruments in an onboard laboratory.
Underground samples are the most likely to reveal organic compounds because of the lack of protection from radiation and oxidation. The Rosalind rover has six wheels that can be steered and driven on their own.
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