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Inorganic materials on Mars
One of the main objectives of the ExoMars Project is to find out if there are any signs of life on Mars - now...
Temperature on Mars
The temperature on Mars is a lot lower than here on Earth. A Martian night can get as low as minus 75 degrees...
Designing a Mars Rover
The ExoMars’ key mission objective is to look for life or conditions for life – that’s fossilised...
Dealing with dust on Mars
Dust storms are quite common on Mars because the terrain is so dry and well… dusty. Certain times of the...
Radiation and drilling on Mars
One of the primary purpose of the ExoMars Rover is to look for evidence of life - past or present. As...
Landing a Mars Rover
Space is hard - and getting to Mars is really hard. Over 50% of all Earth missions that have been sent to...
Navigating and moving around Mars
Navigating and moving around Mars is hard, and without being able to be in constant contact with Earth the...
The Aurora Programme and past missions
Whilst the ExoMars Rover isn’t planned to set a wheel on Mars until 2020, that doesn’t mean that nothing...
What are space robots?
There have been many different types of robots that have been developed for space exploration... From roving...
Why do we want to go to Mars?
After Earth, Mars is the most earth like planet in the Solar System. It’s in something called the...