Airbus Archives

Rosalind Franklin landing on Mars -- ESA

Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Tricorders & Sensors

ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Astrobiology Rover Will Have A European Landing Platform

by Keith CowingMarch 31, 2025March 31, 2025

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus to design and build the landing platform for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. In 2028, ESA will launch this ambitious exploration mission […]

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper suspended on a support system called a gravity offload fixture during inspection and cleaning as part of assembly, test, and launch operations inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Europa, Icy Worlds, Missions & Hardware, Status Report

Europa Clipper Astrobiology Mission Solar Array Deployment Test

by Keith CowingMarch 15, 2024May 27, 2024

Processing of the large solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper is now underway inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.