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The ExoMars rover is a planned robotic Mars rover, part of the international ExoMars mission led by the European Space Agency. The latest plan is to have a Russian launch vehicle, carrier module and lander deliver ESA's rover to Mars's surface in 2018. Once safely landed on the Martian surface the solar powered rover would begin a six-month (218-sol) mission to search for the existence of past or present life on Mars. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, launched two years earlier in 2016, will operate as the rover's data-relay satellite. == History == The rover is an autonomous six-wheeled terrain vehicle once designed to weigh up to , approximately more than NASA's 2004 Mars Exploration Rovers ''Spirit'' and ''Opportunity'', but about less than NASA's ''Curiosity'' rover launched in 2011. In February 2012, following NASA's withdrawal, the ESA went back to previous designs for a smaller rover, once calculated to be . Instrumentation will consist of the exobiology laboratory suite, known as "Pasteur analytical laboratory" to look for signs of biomolecules or biosignatures from past or present life. Among other instruments, the rover will also carry a sub-surface drill to pull up samples for its on-board laboratory. , the lead builder of the ExoMars rover, the British division of Airbus Defence and Space, has started procuring critical components. In December 2014, ESA member approved the funding for the rover, to be sent on the second launch in 2018. The wheels and suspension system are paid by the Canadian Space Agency and are being manufactured by MDA Corporation in Canada.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ExoMars (rover)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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