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Investigating whether life has ever existed on Mars. @ESA_TGO in orbit since 2016, Rosalind Franklin rover launch TBC

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@esaspaceflight
Human Spaceflight
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Spacecraft have their own voice. They talk, and we listen. It also goes the other way around. 🛰️🗣️📡👂 Discover the talkative side of the Earth Return Orbiter, the first spacecraft to make a full round-trip from Earth to #Mars . An @esa engineer explains how Europe is making…
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@ESA_Tech
ESA Technology
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The #HeraMission for #asteroid #PlanetaryDefence will make a swingby of #Mars next March, borrowing speed to help reach its target binary asteroid system while also surveying Martian moon Deimos
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@AschbacherJosef
Josef Aschbacher
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The ultimate goal of analysing martian samples here on Earth will be scientifically transformative, but the road to get there is extremely complex. NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is a cornerstone of @ESA 's Mars exploration programme and an important complement to our Rosalind…
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@esaspaceflight
Human Spaceflight
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"Together, we are committed to unlock the secrets of Mars and, perhaps, uncover evidence of life beyond Earth," says @esa Director for Human and Robotic Exploration, Daniel Neuenschwander. The search for life continues with @ESA_ExoMars 🔴👇
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@ESA_ExoMars
ESA_ExoMars
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Episode 1 – Scouting the Red Planet. Follow the adventures of the #RosalindFranklin rover as it begins its mission on Mars in 2030. Its wheels are made for walking, and its eyes for science. 🛞👀 🍿 Watch the first chapter of Europe’s ambitious exploration journey to search for…
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@esascience
ESA Science
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Congratulations to #MarsExpress for hitting 25 000 orbits 🥳 The orbiter has snapped yet another spectacular image to mark the occasion. Can the eagle-eyed among you spot #Mars ’s moon, Phobos, making a surprise appearance? 🕵️🌔 Read on and explore the image 👉…
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@ESA_ExoMars
ESA_ExoMars
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When you go to Mars, you will need a map. And not just any map, but the best map a rover could possibly need. 🗺️ European scientists have pieced together the most detailed geologic map of Oxia Planum – the landing site for @esa 's Rosalind Franklin rover on the Red Planet. 🔗…
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@esa
European Space Agency
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🔴 #MarsExpress turned 20 this year! A new mosaic of Mars marks 20 years since the launch of ESA's Mars Express, and reveals the planet’s colour and composition in spectacular detail. 👉
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@ESA_History
ESA space history
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#MerryChrismas from #Mars ! #OTD 20 years ago, 25 December 2003, ESA's Mars Express entered orbit around the ‘Red Planet’, the first European spacecraft to do so, after a journey lasting 205 days and covering 400 million km. 🔗
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@ESA_ExoMars
ESA_ExoMars
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A rainbow for Mars 🌈 The Rosalind Franklin rover is getting a new instrument to maximise science on the Red Planet. Enfys, meaning rainbow in Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, is an infrared spectrometer that will identify minerals for sampling and analysis on the martian surface. 📷 The instrument…
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@AberUni
Aberystwyth University
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Enfys: Aberystwyth University to develop new infrared spectrometer for ExoMars as UK Space Agency funds work to replace Russian components on Mars rover. 🖱️More:
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@ESA_TGO
ExoMars orbiter
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New science alert! I’ve spotted something weird in Mars' atmosphere! 🔴🛰️🔍 Turns out that #Mars ' carbon monoxide is ‘lighter’ than it should be. But why? Could biology be to blame… or is it all a matter of chemistry? 🤔 ☀️ 👉 #ExploreFarther [1/2]
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