"Drilling to This Depth is Unprecedented on Mars”: How the ESA’s New Robotic Rover Will Take the Search for Alien Life to New Depths

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Quotes in relation to the Rosalind Franklin mission. 

Period14 Oct 2025

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  • Title"Drilling to This Depth is Unprecedented on Mars”: How the ESA’s New Robotic Rover Will Take the Search for Alien Life to New Depths
    Media name/outletThe Debrief
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/SizeArticle
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Date14 Oct 2025
    DescriptionThe quest for life on Mars will soon go deeper than ever before as the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover launches in 2028, deploying a robotic rover capable of drilling two meters below the Martian surface.

    ESA operators on Earth will remotely control the rover across the Red Planet to collect evidence of organic compounds and bio-markers hidden underground, where they may remain shielded from harmful surface radiation. Researchers at the UK’s Aberystwyth led a major component of the project by designing the Enfys infrared spectrometer, which is now shipping off to Italy for field testing in a simulated Martian environment.
    Producer/AuthorRyan Whalen
    URLhttps://thedebrief.org/drilling-to-this-depth-is-unprecedented-on-mars-how-the-esas-new-robotic-rover-will-take-the-search-for-alien-life-to-new-depths/
    PersonsHarry Marsh
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Keywords

  • Mars
  • Enfys
  • Drilling
  • Rosalind
  • Franklin
  • Rover
  • ExoMars
  • 2028
  • Subsurface

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