China News Service, March 2. According to the BBC, the European Space Agency (ESA) said in a statement a few days ago that the Mars rover Rosalind Franklin is "unlikely". " to launch in 2022.
According to reports, the "Rosaline Franklin" Mars rover is a joint project of the European Space Agency and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).
The Mars rover was due to launch in September 2022 and is scheduled to land on Mars eight months later.
In a statement, the European Space Agency said it was fully implementing the sanctions imposed on Russia by its 22 member states and "assessing the results of each ongoing project in cooperation with Roscosmos."
The agency said it was "unlikely" to launch in 2022.
In addition, the statement also mentioned that the European Space Agency has taken note of Roscosmos' decision to withdraw the crew of its Soyuz rockets from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.