The first sample was taken from a block of cemented clay of medium hardness. ... The drill was developed by Leonardo, while Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for ExoMars 2022.

EXOMARS DESIGN: The European Space Agency intends to select a design option by mid-year for its ExoMars sample-return precursor mission. Set for around 2011, the mission currently is planned as a ...

There is no indication ExoMars will impact the sample return project, Woerner tweeted. Parachute problems prompt second delay. The ExoMars rover mission was initially scheduled to launch in 2018, ...

Ten years after being formally approved, Europe's ExoMars project is at last ready to send some hardware - a satellite - to the Red Planet. The orbiter will study trace gases, such as methane, in ...

The launch of ExoMars shows that scientists still think Mars might be the best place to look for life outside of Earth in the ... Japan tests its Mars moon sample-return probe ahead of 2026 ...

The ExoMars rover's Earth-dwelling twin shows off its skills. ... (2 meters), grab a small soil sample and then bring it back up to an onboard laboratory for analysis.

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter launched from Kazakhstan. Its mission is to seek evidence of methane and other atmospheric gases that could mean there’s active biological life on Mars.

Doug Mohney – Satellite.tmcnet.com NASA’s withdrawal from a joint ExoMars 2016/2018 mission has left the planetary science community grieving the at loss of the first step in a sample return […] ...

The Schiaparelli robot probe follows the "heroic failure" of the Beagle 2 in 2003.

Japan tests its Mars moon sample-return probe ahead of 2026 launch (photo) The rover's onboard biology laboratory looks for molecules indicative of life, while its 6.6-foot (2.2 m) surface drill ...

Home / ESA Optimistic on Funding for Enhanced ExoMars Mission. Posted in News ESA Optimistic on Funding for Enhanced ExoMars Mission by SpaceNews Editor July 17, 2008 January 19, 2023 SpaceNews ...

ESA intends to select a design option by midyear for its ExoMars sample-return precursor mission. Set for around 2011, the mission is envisioned as a lander/ rover combination to be carried aloft ...