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Aurora Programme

Aurora Programme

By 2025 an international human mission to Mars may be a reality. Europe has to decide whether to play a key role in the next step or whether to join later as a junior partner.
Deciding which areas of expertise Europe wants to lead in the future is a step that cannot be left to future partners, and has to be taken soon.

The recent Call for Ideas issued by ESA, in relation with a future programme for exploration, with its more than 300 responses, has clearly demonstrated the interest as well as the potentialities of Europe in this field. Aurora is the response of Europe to this challenging goal. It can be seen as a road map for manned exploration from where a large number of scientific as well as technology spin-offs will emerge. It should pave the way to placing a European on the surface of Mars by 2025.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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