Space & Astronomy
Europe's Mars missions get final go-ahead
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T.K. RandallDecember 21, 2009 ·
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The European Space Agency has been given the final go-ahead to undertake new missions to explore Mars including an orbiter to be launched in 2016 and a rover that will explore the Martian surface in 2018.
Member-states of the European Space Agency (Esa) have given final approval to revised plans to explore Mars. There have been protracted discussions on what Europe could do at the Red Planet and how much it might cost. The Council of Esa has given the green light to a two-mission endeavour that would see the launch of an orbiter in 2016 and a rover in 2018.
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