Aurora is the program of the European Space Agency (ESA) to further explore the solar system, especially theplanet Mars and the Moon.
The Aurora project was set up in 2001 and is including the unmanned exploration of Mars and Earth's moon, manned flights to the moon and then a manned mission to Mars in international cooperation after 2030. The Aurora program currently includes the following steps (as of February 2005:
2007 - Entry Vehicle Demonstrator (EVD) - Testing the high-speed reentry into Earth's atmosphere
2016 - ExoMars - a Mars orbiter and a large Mars rover to search for signs of life
2018 - Precursor Mission Technology - Exploring new technologies, such as Aerobraking, aero capture, electricpropulsion and soft landing
2018 - 2022 - Mars Sample Return (MSR) - returning samples from Mars to Earth
2024 - Manned moon mission
2026 - Unmanned Mars mission as a lead up to the manned mission
2030 - cargo elements for the manned Mars mission
2033 - Manned Mars Mission
Participating countries are (in alphabetical order): Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada,Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The Aurora project was set up in 2001 and is including the unmanned exploration of Mars and Earth's moon, manned flights to the moon and then a manned mission to Mars in international cooperation after 2030. The Aurora program currently includes the following steps (as of February 2005:
2007 - Entry Vehicle Demonstrator (EVD) - Testing the high-speed reentry into Earth's atmosphere
2016 - ExoMars - a Mars orbiter and a large Mars rover to search for signs of life
2018 - Precursor Mission Technology - Exploring new technologies, such as Aerobraking, aero capture, electricpropulsion and soft landing
2018 - 2022 - Mars Sample Return (MSR) - returning samples from Mars to Earth
2024 - Manned moon mission
2026 - Unmanned Mars mission as a lead up to the manned mission
2030 - cargo elements for the manned Mars mission
2033 - Manned Mars Mission
Participating countries are (in alphabetical order): Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada,Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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