The European Space Agency (ESA) Council unanimously agreed, at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 March, that it was not possible to continue the ongoing cooperation with the Russian space agency Roscosmos on the ExoMars rover mission for launch this year.
ESA Director General Joseph Aschbacher told the press that the launch planned for September was no longer possible in both practical and political terms (see EUROPE B12901A12).
The ESA Council mandated it to take...