For a human Mars expedition to be possible, new technologies will have to be developed and tested: not only soft-landing methods and in-situ fuel processing, but life-support engineering for a long haul far from home and perhaps entirely new rocket systems, possibly based on new types of propulsion, which will reduce the time spent coasting ...

Mar 13, 2023 · European missions to Mars are part of ESA's Terrae Novae exploration programme, which includes missions to low-Eart orbit and the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. ESA is a key international partner in …

Jun 2, 2003 · ESA's official Mars Express website features the latest news and status reports on Europe's spacecraft orbiting around Mars. See the latest images of Mars taken by Mars Express' instruments!

Mars Express is a space exploration mission being conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA). The Mars Express mission is exploring the planet Mars, and is the first planetary mission attempted by the agency. [2] " Express" originally referred to the speed and efficiency with which the spacecraft was designed and built. [3] .

The full ExoMars 2022 mission comprising the carrier module, descent module, surface platform and rover have completed essential 'spin tests' in preparation for their journey to Mars. A new parachute strategy has been adopted ahead of the next series of high altitude drop tests.

Two studies based on ESA's Mars Express observations of Jezero crater, the future landing site for NASA's 2020 Mars Perseverance rover, have shed light on how and when this intriguing area formed – and identified the regions most likely to reveal signs of ancient life.

May 16, 2024 · NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) announced Thursday they signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 that will search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

Mar 29, 2024 · We now have a better picture of where the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover will be driving when it lands on Mars for its life-seeking mission, all thanks to a brand new...

Jan 3, 2025 · The European Space Agency has begun work on key technology that will be used for Europe’s second mission to Mars in 2035. To date, Europe has not yet managed to land safely on the surface of the Red Planet.

Jan 22, 2025 · The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s. ESA is already planning to send the much-delayed, life-hunting Rosalind...