six apprentices present the rover

a model of the Mars rover Rosalind Franklin

Almost like the real thing: Three years before ESA's #ExoMars rover #RosalindFranklin is scheduled to land on #Mars, #mpsgoettingen apprentices have completed their own model of the Mars rover. Great job, guys! 🚀🛰️
Read more here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/a-mars-rover-for-mps
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six apprentices present their model of ESA's Mars rover Rosalind Franklin

Model of Mars rover Rosalind Franklin

Almost like the real thing: Three years before ESA's #ExoMars rover #RosalindFranklin is scheduled to land on #Mars, #mpsgoettingen apprentices have completed their own model of the Mars rover. Great job, guys! 🚀🛰️
Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/a-mars-rover...
@science.esa.int‬ #ESA

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Mars Hit by Massive Solar Storm Delivering 200 Days of Radiation in 64 Hours A solar superstorm recorded on Mars by the ESA orbiters reveals the hidden dangers in Mars’ upper atmosphere. Mars end...

#Science #Space #European #Space #Agency #ExoMars #Mars […]

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¿Robó una supertormenta de polvo el agua de Marte? Una tormenta de polvo en 2023 elevó vapor de agua en Marte y disparó la fuga de hidrógeno al espacio; tres sondas lo midieron muy al detalle. Marte pudo empezar a perder su agua —la poca que le quedab...

¿Robó una supertormenta de polvo el agua de Marte? #Marte #TormentaDePolvo #PlanetaRojo #Ciencia #Espacio #Astronomia #ExploracionEspacial #ESA #NASA #ExoMars #MarsReconnaissanceOrbiter #HopeProbe #16defebrero #felizlunes donporque.com/supertorment...

We are pleased to support the @esa.int ExoMars + TGO/CaSSIS mission ops in the new Mission Control Facility! This team of @westernu.ca researchers, Western Earth Sci students + SherbrookeU students is planning images of #Mars using cameras aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
#ExoMars #ESA

harter Falltest Credit: Thales Alenia Space/ALTEC

Beine für eine Marslandung
Um auf Rotem Planeten zu landen, wurde Skelett des 4beinigen ExoMars-Landemoduls mit verschiedenen Geschwindigkeiten & Höhen auf simulierte Marsoberflächen fallen lassen. Pressemitteilung ESA. #ExoMars #rosalindfranklin
www.raumfahrer.net/beine-fuer-e...

Legs made for a Mars landing To land on the right foot on the Red Planet, European engineers have been dropping a skeleton of the four-legged ExoMars descent module at various speeds and heights on simulated Martian surfaces.

Europe is testing a Mars lander…by *dropping* its “skeleton” onto fake Martian soil! 🚀 Will it stick the landing? 🤔 #ExoMars 🪐✨

Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-01-legs-mars.html

Continuano i test alle gambe della piattaforma di atterraggio della missione ExoMars Proseguono a Torino i test sulla piattaforma di atterraggio ExoMars, in vista del lancio nel 2028 e dell’arrivo del rover europeo Rosalind...

Presso il centro #ALTEC di Torino, in queste settimane #ThalesAleniaSpace e #Airbus hanno eseguito diversi test sulla piattaforma di atterraggio della missione #ExoMars, che sarà lanciata nel 2028 e porterà il rover europeo Rosalind Franklin su #Marte.
@esa.int
www.astrospace.it/2026/01/21/c...

Drop it like it's... on Mars 🤟

European engineers are testing our four-legged #ExoMars landing platform by dropping it onto simulated martian surfaces.

📽️ @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social, @airbus.com, ALTEC Space

youtu.be/V3uEDeAjQ6w

L'orbiter europeo può trasmettere dati e comunicare con la superficie marziana durante le congiunzioni.

@exploration.esa.int #ExoMars

Questa è la quarta congiunzione solare che il Trace Gas Orbiter ha superato senza intoppi. Il rover Rosalind Franklin di #ExoMars non ha nulla da temere per la sua prossima missione sul Pianeta Rosso nel 2030. 👇

This is the fourth solar conjunction the Trace Gas Orbiter has navigated without hiccups.

The #ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover has nothing to fear for its upcoming mission to the Red Planet in 2030. The European orbiter can relay data & communicate with the martian surface throughout conjunctions.

¿Por qué hay regiones de Marte que no se pueden explorar? Regiones Especiales en Marte: por qué laderas, cuevas y taludes helados están vetados y qué salvaguarda la política de protección planetaria. La superficie marciana no es una invitación abierta. Hay á...

¿Por qué hay regiones de Marte que no se pueden explorar?
#Marte #ProtecciónPlanetaria #ExploraciónEspacial #NASA #ESA #COSPAR #Curiosity #Perseverance #ExoMars #Ciencia #Astrobiología #Espacio #10dediciembre #felizmiercoles
donporque.com/regiones-mar...

Bright and dark streaks covering the slopes of the Olympus Mons aureole, as seen by the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) onboard the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. These enigmatic features come and go spontaneously, some last for years while others quickly fade. They change colour and brightness and show up during certain seasons on opposite hemispheres of the Red Planet. Scientists first saw these enigmatic streaks extending for hundreds of metres down sloped terrain in images from the Viking orbiters in the 1970s. How they form, where and when has fueled scientific debate ever since. Some researchers have interpreted these streaks as flows of salty water, or brine, that could remain liquid long enough to form them. This hypothesis suggests rare habitable zones might exist on this otherwise desert world where temperatures rarely rise above freezing. However, a new study led by planetary scientists at the University of Bern and Brown University challenges the water-based explanation. Their paper in Nature Communications argues that these slope streaks result from dry processes involving wind and dust activity. To bring out these features, the contrast in these CaSSIS images is stretched – the image is re-scaled between the minimum and maximum brightness within each colour before combining them to produce the published image. “Streaks on Martian Slopes are Dry,” by Valentin Bickel and Adomas Valantinas, was published in Nature Communications on 19 May 2025. The image covers an area of approximately 50 square kms and was captured on 3 October 2024. Mars location: 26.5°N, 223.8°E. CaSSIS image MY37_030618_155_3.

2/4 Streaks on Mars imaged by CaSSIS

Published: May 19, 2025
Credit: ESA/ExoMars TGO/CaSSIS @esa.int

#Mars #ExoMars #ESA

Excellent news for the team.
And meanwhile, we continue to torture parts of the #Enfys instrument in our thermal vacuum system.
The system cycles from the cold of the Martian night (-135C) up to +50C whilst exercising and testing.
Takes about 8 hours per cycle, currently 25 cycles in

#exomars
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🪐 Mae’r tîm #ExoMars yn y Brifysgol wedi croesawu cefnogaeth o'r newydd gan Asiantaeth Ofod y DU ar gyfer taith y crwydryn Rosalind Franklin, prosiect blaenllaw a fydd yn gweld lansiad crwydryn cyntaf Ewrop i’r blaned Mawrth yn 2028.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/ycyfb6w3

@abercompsci.bsky.social

🪐 The #ExoMars team at the University has welcomed the UK Space Agency’s renewed backing for the Rosalind Franklin rover mission, a flagship project that will see Europe’s first Mars rover launch in 2028.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/d3m5ysah

@esa.int
@ukspaceagency.bsky.social
@abercompsci.bsky.social

University Welcomes UK Space Agency’s Support for Mars Mission The ExoMars team at Aberystwyth University has welcomed the UK Space Agency’s renewed backing for the Rosalind Franklin rover mission.

#aberystwythuniversity #aberuniversity #aberuni #exomarsrover #exomars

NASA renews commitment to Europe's life-hunting Mars rover despite Trump budget cuts "These confirmations have been given to us in writing, so this is a very important step."

La #Nasa a confirmé par écrit sa participation à la mission européenne #ExoMars #RosalindFranklin. C'est évidemment une bonne nouvelle pour ce projet qui n'a déjà connu que trop de péripéties ! #Mars

www.space.com/space-explor...

NASA renews commitment to Europe's life-hunting Mars rover despite Trump budget cuts "These confirmations have been given to us in writing, so this is a very important step."

At the @esa ministerial conference, it has been announced that NASA has recommitted to the European #ExoMars rover project despite Donald Trump's proposal to ax funding for the mission.
www.space.com/space-explor...

NASA confirms support for delayed European Mars rover: ESA NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday.

NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday. 🧪🔭

phys.org/news/2025-11... #Mars #ExoMars #RosalindFranklinRover

ESA : la ministérielle s'ouvre sur le thème de la résilience - Aerospatium Les ministres des pays membres de l'ESA sont réunis à Brême pour définir les grandes lignes budgétaires du spatial européen jusqu'en 2028.

Au Conseil ministériel 2025, #Aschbacher a déclaré avoir reçu une lettre de la #NASA confirmant sa contribution au rover #ExoMars Rosalind Franklin (propulseurs, unités de commande des roues et lancement).
www.aerospatium.info/esa-minister...

Will Europe's flagship space science missions survive NASA's budget cuts? "By the middle of next year, we expect to be in a position to decide on the way forward, with clarity on NASA funding and member state ambition and funding."

Multiple flagship European space missions in peril because of NASA budget cuts pressed by Trump's Administration. Gravitational wave detector #LISA , Venus explore #Envision and the delayed #ExoMars Rover will face shortfalls if NASA withdraws support. www.space.com/space-explor...

#3IATLAS-update: we hebben zojuist de baan van de komeet met tien keer meer nauwkeurigheid bepaald, met behulp van gegevens van onze #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter-ruimtesonde. 😎🧪🔭

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Aggiornamento su ☄️ #3IATLAS: abbiamo appena individuato la traiettoria della cometa con una precisione 10 volte superiore, utilizzando i dati dal veicolo spaziale Trace Gas Orbiter della nostra missione #ExoMars . 👇

#3IATLAS update: we've just pinpointed the comet's path with 10 times more accuracy, using data from our #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. 😎🧪🔭

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The ExoMars Orbiter Captures Dark Streaks on the Slopes of Mars Caused by a Meteorite Impact The ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) recently captured images of streaks formed from a dust avalanche on the slopes of Apollinaris Mons the night before Christmas in 2023. A new study reveals that...

The ExoMars Orbiter Captures Dark Streaks on the Slopes of Mars Caused by a Meteorite Impact #Science #Space #PlanetaryScience #MarsExploration #MeteoriteImpact #ExoMars

Space Cafe Podcast: Two days and a half. A Mars mission reborn.
ESA’s Sara Melloni on how the Rosalind Franklin rover rose from near-cancellation to a second chance at #Mars.

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7vl0v8rfIz9r02TA...

#SpaceCafePodcast #ExoMars

#ESA’s Didier Schmitt talks #Europe’s space ambitions, new #partnerships in Asia, and upcoming missions like #ExoMars and #Artemis.

🎥 https://youtu.be/cvF7oPSPwOQ
🔗 spacewatch.global/2025/10/espi-ac25-esas-d...

#SpaceCafeClip #ESPI