Rosalind

NASA selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 16 April 2026.

NASA’s support for Rosalind Franklin is being managed under the Rosalind Franklin Support and Augmentation project.

NASA’s Rosalind Franklin rover participation element is one of 53 NASA science missions targeted for cuts in the White House’s proposed FY2027 NASA budget request.

The European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover mission is scheduled to launch in 2028 with NASA support.

The Rosalind Franklin rover was initially expected to launch in 2022 as part of ESA’s ExoMars mission.

Rosalind Franklin is tasked with drilling below the Martian surface in search of ancient signs of life.

NASA selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover no earlier than late 2028.

ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover is designed to search for signs of past or present life beneath the Martian surface.

NASA has approved implementation of its support for ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission.

ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover will launch on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy in late 2028.

NASA selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to launch ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission in late 2028.

ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission is scheduled to launch in 2028.

NASA will provide the lander propulsion system, RTGs, and portions of a scientific instrument for ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission.

ESA plans to launch the Rosalind Franklin rover in 2028.

NASA will launch ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Rover to Mars in 2028.

European engineers completed a crucial test campaign of the ExoMars descent module that will carry the Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars in 2030.

Oxia Planum, the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover landing site, hosts clays of more intermediate composition including vermiculites and ferrosaponites.

The Rosalind Franklin rover mission to Mars was affected by the cessation of cooperation with Russia.