Date set for British-made rover to land on Mars in search of life on Red Planet
Dan McDonald
The UK Space Agency has set a date for a for British-made rover to land on Mars in search of life on Red Planet. The Rosalind Franklin rover was initially scheduled to land on Mars in 2023 as part of a European Space Agency (ESA) mission. The rocket-powered system designed to ferry the rover to Mars' surface had been being built by Russia's space agency Roscosmos - but was cancelled by the ESA following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 . The UK Space Agency went onto award a contract to Airbus to