Researchers have shown a Russian-European rover for landing on Mars

The researchers noted that they had reached a “key point” in preparing a joint European-Russian

mission to Mars, which is planned to launch in2022. The Rosalind Franklin all-terrain vehicle, which will search for life on the planet, was attached to the Kazachok platform, which will bring it to the surface of the Red Planet.

In the photograph presented by scientists,the device is folded - this way it will go to Mars and land on the planet. The rover and the lifeboat will later be enclosed in a capsule and then attached to the cruise module.

The mission of the capsule is to protect the robot and itsplatforms from the heat that occurs when entering the atmosphere of Mars. The cruise module is a vehicle that, once launched, completes the entire mission to the Red Planet.

ExoMars-2022 project, which includesThe rover launch is a joint mission of Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA). The researchers plan that by 2022 the Proton launch vehicle will send the Kazachok landing platform to Mars, which will also be used as a scientific station on the planet. Scientists have not yet determined the exact landing site of the device, but they are considering the northern hemisphere of Mars, which is considered the safest place on the planet.

The device can extract soil samples from depthup to two meters, pre-analyze them in situ and send compressed data to researchers on Earth. Rover will also be looking for possible microbiological life. The researchers note that they want more detailed information about the Red Planet.

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