Rosalind Franklin Rover

How the ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Rover Will Drill for Samples on Mars

Russia's attack on Ukraine has delayed its launch, but the ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover is heading toward completion. It was…

2 months ago

The ESA’s Mars Rover Gets a New Map

Rosalind Franklin, the ESA's Mars rover, is scheduled to launch no sooner than 2028. Its destination is Oxia Planum, a…

8 months ago

ESA Has a Playground for Mars Rovers to Learn how to Explore the Red Planet

NASA makes successful rover missions seem mundane. Spirit and Opportunity were wildly successful, and Curiosity and Perseverance would both be…

1 year ago

The ExoMars Rover is Ready, now it Just Needs a new Ride to Mars

With the recent termination of cooperation between the ESA and Roscosmos, the Rosalind Franklin rover will need another way to…

3 years ago

Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life

We all know how exploration by rover works. The rover is directed to a location and told to take a…

4 years ago