European aerospace giant Airbus has taken two of its Mars rovers out for field tests in a quarry near London, showcasing for the first time a new robotic arm for autonomous sample collection on ...
The success of the scientific experiments depends on the six-wheeled rover vehicle which is designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space in Stevenage. The ExoMars Rover will find its way over the ...
The ExoMars Site Selection Working Group must weigh which of the pair represents the biggest scientific interest but also offers a fair chance of getting down safely. Landing on the planet is ...
It’s in Stevenage where Airbus scientists are helping design and test the navigation systems for the ExoMars Rover that will be sent to Mars in 2018. They’ve even mocked up the surface of Mars in a ...
Europe and Russia have decided to postpone their Mars rover mission. The ExoMars "Rosalind Franklin" vehicle was due to launch to the Red Planet in July/August but engineers aren't able to get the ...
TASS/. Russian state-run space corporation Roscosmos has not yet been officially notified by the European Space Agency (ESA) about the latter’s full withdrawal from the ExoMars-2022 mission ...
ExoMars Rover Engineer Abbie Hutty, from Airbus Defence and Space, explains how the Mars Rover uses 3D cameras to create a map of the Mars landscape, and onboard software allows it to plot its own ...