European Space Agency|Agence Spatiale Européenne

Purpose

European Space Exploration Programme - AURORA - enhanced ExoMars Mission: The following contribution has been awarded under the European Space Agency (ESA) Contribution Program pursuant the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency (ESA). The objective of the enhanced ExoMars Mission is to provide enabling technologies for future exploration mission, such as the Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS), the Rover and the Drill, searching for traces of past and present life, characterizing the Mars biological environment and improving the knowledge of the Martian environment and geophysics. The mission will be launched in two steps: the first in 2016 and the second in 2018.