European Space Agency

Published purpose

European Space Exploration Programme AURORA ? Enhanced ExoMars Mission. The following contribution has been awarded under the European Space Agency (ESA) Contribution Program pursuant the Cooperation Agreement signed between the Government of Canada and the ESA. Aurora is an ESA optional program. The objective of the enhanced ExoMars Mission, to be launched in 2020, is to provide enabling technologies for future exploration mission, such as the Entry, Descent and Landing System (EDLS), the Rover and the Drill, searching for traces of past and present life, characterizing the Mars biological environment and improving the knowledge of the Martian environment and geophysics.