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HiRISE: Color wonderland of Mawrth Vallis

Posted on September 15, 2016 by rburnham

There is a candidate landing site in the Mawrth Vallis region for the European Space Agency’s ExoMars rover, planned to launch in 2020. This is one of the HiRISE images acquired to evaluate this site. Mawrth Vallis has some of … Continue reading →

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ExoMars: Lego rover model helps test remote ops

Posted on May 19, 2016 by rburnham

This Lego model of Europe’s ExoMars rover on its lander was not built solely for fun – but is actually a tool, being used by robotics engineers in the midst of a major ‘egress’ test campaign. Making a safe landing … Continue reading →

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ExoMars 2018 mission slips to July 2020 launch

Posted on May 2, 2016 by rburnham

[The launch of the second phase of the ExoMars mission, scheduled for 2018 has been pushed back to 2020.] (…) The second ExoMars mission involves a Russian-led surface platform and a European-led rover, also to be launched on a Proton … Continue reading →

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