Russia and Europe cooperate to launch Mars exploration ships

According to a reporter in the Russian Federation, April 6, in Moscow, Director of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), Vladimir Popovkin and Director of the European Space Agency (EKA), Mr. Jan - Jack Dorden signed agreement on cooperation in implementing the Mars exploration project "ExoMars".

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Under the agreement, Roscosmos and EKA will coordinate the Mars exploration project by launching automatic devices, spacecraft or robots (robots) on "Red Planet" to study the signs of life here.

Roscosmos has proposed using Russian boosters to launch research ships to Mars and replace US science equipment with Russia on the EKA's KA spacecraft.

After the US Space Agency (NASA) withdrew from the "ExoMars" project for financial reasons, EKA asked Roscosmos to join the project.

The two leaders of the Russian and European space agencies discussed the results of the joint working groups on cooperation in space science research and agreed to continue to coordinate actions in the field. this.

The two sides also agreed to urgently draft to formally sign a cooperation agreement between Roscosmos and EKA in the "ExoMars" project later this year.

Expected, EKA will launch the Mars research ship in 2016.