Spacewatch: Martian rocks on Earth a step nearer as UK builds red planet rover

Airbus lands £3.9m contract from space agency to design spacecraft to bring back samples from Mars in the 2020sThe European Space Agency has awarded a £3.9m contract to Airbus, in Britain, to design a new rover, in a project with Nasa, that will visit Mars to retrieve samples for bringing back to Earth for the first time.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 12, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Stuart Clark Tags: European Space Agency Nasa Mars Astronomy Science Source Type: news