ExoMars 2020 – Astronomy Now

ESA, Roscosmos delay launch of ExoMars 2020 lander to late 2022

12 March 2020 Astronomy Now

ESA and Roscosmos have delayed launch of the ExoMars 2020 lander and rover from July to late 2022 to resolve technical issues.

Mars 2020 rover moved to Cape Canaveral for July launch preparations

14 February 2020 Astronomy Now

NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, designed to collect soil samples for eventual return to Earth, is now in Cape Canaveral for final launch preparations.

ESA assesses ExoMars parachute tears

13 August 2019 Astronomy Now

With launch a year away, engineers are working to overcome problems with the ExoMars 2020 parachute system.

Probe into crash of ESA lander recommends more checks on ExoMars descent craft

24 May 2017 Stephen Clark

Investigators who studied the crash of the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander on Mars last year have recommended more stringent testing and computer modeling before the launch of a joint European-Russian landing craft in 2020 to avoid a repeat of the mistakes that doomed the probe’s descent through the Martian atmosphere.

Departure of Europe’s first Mars rover delayed to 2020

4 May 2016 Stephen Clark

Europe’s ExoMars rover will not be ready for launch in 2018, officials said Monday, forcing a two-year delay for the ambitious mission to drill into the Martian surface and search for the remnants of past life.