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ESA, Roscosmos Move Ahead with Plans for ExoMars Mission
Artist concept of an ExoMars rover. Credit: ESA
After NASA was forced to back out of the joint ExoMars mission with the European Space Agency due to budget constraints, it looked like the exciting rover-orbiter mission might not happen. However, ESA went elsewhere looking for help, and has now announced a tentative cooperative arrangement with Russia’s space agency where Roscosmos will provide the two launch vehicles for multi-vehicle European-Russian ExoMars missions in 2016 and 2018.
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2012-11-21 03:21:01
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/98584/esa-roscosmos-move-ahead-with-plans-for-exomars-mission/
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