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The 35-meter main parachute for the ExoMars 2020 lander in an earlier test. In a high-altitude test in May, two large parachutes suffered tears after deployment.

European Mars Lander Suffers Parachute Damage in Test

By Jeff Foust published

The craft is scheduled to launch next summer.

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NASA will hold a naming competition for its 2020 Mars rover this fall.

You Can Help Judge the Mars 2020 Rover-Naming Contest

By Mike Wall published

You can help name NASA's next Mars rover, even if you're not a kid.

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A model of the ExoMars rover, dubbed Rosalind Franklin, at the European Space Agency's new rover operations control center in Turin, Italy.

Here's How Europe's Rosalind Franklin Rover Will Phone Home From Mars

By Elizabeth Howell published

Europe's future Mars rover has a place to call home while en route to Red Planet discoveries. The European Space Agency opened its new rover operations control center May 30 in Turin, Italy.

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The ExoMars mission's Trace Gas Orbiter analyzed the Martian atmosphere, finding a surprising lack of traces of methane.

What's Eating Mars' Methane? ExoMars Results Deepen Mystery

By Megan Gannon published

The first findings from the ExoMars orbiter show no signs of methane in Mars' atmosphere.

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Artist's illustration of Europe's ExoMars rover "Rosalind Franklin" (foreground) and Russia's stationary surface science platform “Kazachok” (background) on the surface of Mars.

Meet 'Kazachok': Landing Platform for ExoMars Rover Gets a Name

By Mike Wall published

The Russian-built landing platform for the ExoMars rover now has a name: 'Kazachok.'

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A feature on Mars that looks like a very hairy spider was likely caused by the convergence of hundreds or even thousands of tornadoes.

Space Orbiter Spots 'Hairy Blue Spider' on Mars

By Mindy Weisberger published

Bowie was right; there really is a "spider" from Mars.

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A photo captured by the European Space Agency's ExoMars orbiter shows NASA's InSight lander and the equipment that helped it to reach the surface safely.

See NASA's InSight Lander On Mars from Space in This Satellite View!

By Meghan Bartels published

To mark the three-year anniversary of the Trace Gas Orbiter's arrival at Mars, the European Space Agency has released a stunning image the craft captured of NASA's InSight lander earlier this month.

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A trial rover exploring Chile's Mars-like Atacama Desert.

Good News for Mars Life Hunt? Rover Digs Up Microbes in Chilean Desert

By Mike Wall published

Drilling for signs of life on Mars, as two rover missions plan to do soon, is a pretty sound strategy, a new study suggests.

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Three generations of NASA Mars rovers on display at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California: a model of the twin Spirit and Opportunity rovers on the left, the Sojourner rover's ground twin below, and a model of the Mars Curiosity rover on the right.

Mars Rovers of the Future: What Comes After Opportunity

By Meghan Bartels published

NASA has given up on trying to make contact with its long-silent Opportunity rover on Mars, but the loss of the 15-year resident doesn't spell the end of Mars rovers.

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ExoMars 2016 Mission

Europe's 2016 Mars Mission Enters Final Construction Phase

By Mike Wall published

A methane-sniffing Mars orbiter is on track to launch in January 2016.

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