The drill acquired the sample in the shape of a pellet of about 1 cm in diameter. The drill was developed by Leonardo, while Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for ExoMars 2022.

A key official for Europe’s ExoMars mission believes that the rover’s launch will be pushed back until at least 2028 to accommodate Russia's departure.

NASA Rover on Mars May Have Ringside Seat to Europe's ExoMars Mission The European Space Agency's ExoMars 2016 mission is set to launch on March 14 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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 ...

The ExoMars mission would be timed to work toward a future Mars sample return effort, Kminek said, a project that NASA is now eyeing for launch in 2016.

ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is preparing to aerobrake into parts of the unexplored Martian lower atmosphere in search of methane, water vapor and other possible signatures of life on the Red ...

ExoMars was supposed to be a joint Europe-Russia mission. But the rover will now be sent to Mars using a European lander instead.

ExoMars: A Crabwalking Rover With a Chance to Find Life Europe’s first Mars landing mission is due to get under way next spring.

Parachute problems prompt second delay The ExoMars rover mission was initially scheduled to launch in 2018, but was delayed to 2020 due to delays in European and Russian industrial activities.

What is the Rosalind Franklin rover launch date? The 12-day launch window for ExoMars opens on September 20, 2022, and closes on October 1.

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 Mars lander touched down late on Wednesday night but was emitting no signal, ground controllers have announced.