ESA wants to get ahead on the key tech needed for a precision landing on the Red Planet. The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s.

On 10 October 1960, Earth’s first space probe to Mars was launched by the USSR. Named Mars 1M No.1, the mission ended shortly after liftoff in a launch ... the Mars Polar Lander and Deep ...

The lander itself would feature a small rocket, the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), which would take ... expedition in the form of Tianwen-3, due to launch in 2028. NASA administrator Bill Nelson ...

wants to develop key technologies for a Mars surface lander by the mid-2030s. ESA is already planning to send the much-delayed, life-hunting Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars in the launch window ...