ESA expects strong NASA support after Mars mission suspended due to Ukraine war


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: ESA's European Astronaut Centre (EAC) logo is pictured in Cologne, Germany, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday that it expects strong support from its U.S. counterpart NASA after the European agency's plans to cooperate with Russia on a Mars research mission were suspended due to the Ukraine war.

ESA said in March that it was suspending cooperation with Russia's Roscosmos space agency on their joint ExoMars rover mission to search for signs of life on the surface of Mars in the wake of the Ukraine war and sanctions imposed on Moscow.

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