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Roscosmos plans to launch a Russian Martian mission instead of the ExoMars-2022 mission canceled after the start of events around Ukraine by the European Space Agency.
“We will definitely begin to start work on the implementation of the Martian mission in the near future,” said Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state corporation.
According to him, Roskosmos can send a copy of the Kazachok landing platform, intended for the ExoMars-2022 mission, to Mars, Interfax reports.
He added that there are no plans to create a rover. “Does a rover need to be there? I think it is not needed, because the lander itself is an independent scientific research station and it will be enough for this mission. We will just repeat what we have already done,” he said.
On March 17, the ruling council of the European Space Agency (ESA) declared it impossible to continue cooperation with the state corporation Roscosmos on the ExoMars-2022 mission.
Source: Rosbalt
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