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After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars

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After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars
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NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
So why is NASA deciding which rocket will launch a flagship European Mars mission? It's a long story involving the search for extraterrestrial life, crippling political hatchets, and of all things, Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
You can trace the history of Europe's Rosalind Franklin mission back nearly

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