Friday, March 20, 2020

ExoMars 2020 Rover and Lander Delayed to 2022 Launch

Artists concept of the joint ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars 2020 mission showing the ESA rover newly named after distinguished scientist Rosalind Franklin and the science landing platform named ‘Kazachok’. ExoMars 2020 launch postponed from July 2020 to August 2022 on a Russian Proton rocket to land on Mars in 2023. Credit: ESA
12 March 2020

Ken Kremer  --SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM 

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – In light of ongoing problems with the complex parachute landing system and travel restrictions caused by the spreading coronavirus pandemic the joint European/Russian ExoMars rover/lander mission scheduled for launch to Mars this summer has been postponed two years to 2022. 

https://www.spaceupclose.com/2020/03/exomars-2020-rover-and-lander-delayed-to-2022-launch/

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