Airbus UK, a subsidy of the US Aerospace Giant, won an £ 150 million agreement to complete a landing system for long -delayed Exomars Rover.
The European trip, called Rosalind Franklin after DNA scientist, was initially planned for launch in 2022. The spacecraft was planned to be sent to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in April of that year, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this plan of this plan and this plan of this plan, the end of this plan, the end of this plan, the end of this plan, the end of this plan, the end of this plan, the end of this plan planned. Sushed.
In addition to the starting tool, Roscosmos also supplied a landing to carry it to the surface of the mobile Manya.
Between 2018 and 2020 until ESA took a deep breath, things looked gloom for the traveling, which was already postponed. approved Will continue. NASA to ensure Launch services, rockets to help land and some heater units. Thales Alenia Area (TAS) responsible Mars input, landing and landing module (EDLM) and for the protection of existing vehicles.
The launch of the Kennedy Space Center is scheduled to continue in 2030 between October and December 2028 before arriving on Mars.
The Airbus team in Stevenage, UK, under the contract of TAS, will be responsible for landing equipment to ensure that the descent structure, the last braking pushing system and the descent to be stable in goals. Lander will have two ramps to be placed on the other parties and will allow the traveler to be driven to the surface of Mars using the least risky route.
According to ESA, other elements of Lander’s parachute system, computer and radar doppler altimeters are originally built for the Module of Russian origin.
Although the Exomars trip finally cannot be accepted as a spring chicken after reaching the surface of Mars, the possibility of drilling two meters on the planet in search of samples to be analyzed by planets is excitedly stunned.
Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock DBE said: “British-made Rosalind Franklin Rover will give us a vital idea of the history of Mars. This kind of information from other planets can better understand our own place and planetary evolution in space.
“We can get answers to some of the basic questions we ask about Mars with its unique design that allows you to obtain samples up to two meters. Drilling to this depth, as we know, the enemy will kill life away from the surface of the enemy Mars.
“The samples collected by Rosalind Franklin Rover can help us answer the century -old question, ‘Are we alone in the universe?’ ‘
The new contract was given by ESA and financed by the government through the UK space agency.
Rover’s journey lasted much longer than planned due to technical and political delays. The 2028 launch date is ambitious, considering the necessary works only in Lander. The dependence on NASA for launch services may also seem to be a great idea in 2023, but in 2025, how the landscape changed and the current US administration may not be too much considering the well -documented antipathy of Europe. ®
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