Mars mission on hold indefinitely after European Space Agency cuts ties with Russia

ExoMars was slated to blast off toward the Red Planet later this year.

The European Space Agency has unanimously voted to suspend a joint Mars mission with Russia. The mission was slated to blast off for the Red Planet later this year, but that launch is now on hold indefinitely.

On Thursday , the Council of the ESA said that due to the the tragedy that is unfolding in Ukraine since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, the agency could no longer carry out "ongoing cooperation with Roscosmos on the ExoMars rover mission with a launch in 2022," referring…

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