Editing ExoMars (section)

=== Delays and suspension ===
[[File:Cmglee Cambridge Science Festival 2015 ExoMars Rover.jpg|thumb|A prototype of the ExoMars Rover at the 2015 Cambridge Science Festival]]
In January 2016 it was announced that the financial situation of the 2018 mission 'might' require a 2-year delay.<ref name="Delaying 2018">{{cite news |url=http://www.industryweek.com/emerging-technologies/money-troubles-may-delay-europe-russia-mars-mission |title=Money Troubles May Delay Europe-Russia Mars Mission |work=Agence France-Presse |publisher=Industry Week |date=15 January 2016 |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Delaying2018-spnews">{{cite web |title=Proton launches Euro-Russian ExoMars mission, but program's second launch remains in limbo |url=http://spacenews.com/proton-launches-euro-russian-exomars-mission-but-programs-second-launch-remains-in-limbo/ |website=Spacenews.com |date=14 March 2016 |access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> Italy is the largest contributor to ExoMars, and the UK is the mission's second-largest financial backer.<ref name="closing $ gap">{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Clark |title=Facing funding gap, ExoMars rover is on schedule for now |date=3 March 2014 |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1403/03exomars/ |work=Spaceflight Now}}</ref>

The rover was scheduled to launch in 2018 and land on Mars in early 2019,<ref name="space20130314">{{cite news |url=http://www.space.com/20240-mars-missions-russia-europe.html |title=Russia and Europe Team Up for Mars Missions |work=Space.com |date=14 March 2013 |access-date=24 January 2016}}</ref> but in May 2016 ESA announced that the launch would occur in 2020 due to delays in European and Russian industrial activities and deliveries of the scientific payload.<ref name="LaunchMoved2020"/>

On 12 March 2020, it was announced that the second mission was being delayed to launch in 2022 due to the vehicle not being ready for launch in 2020, with delays exacerbated by travel restrictions during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=BBCdelay>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51844030|title=ExoMars Rosalind Franklin: Rover mission delayed until 2022|work=BBC News|last=Amos|first=Jonathan|date=12 March 2020|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref>

On 28 February 2022, it was announced that the second mission launching in 2022 "was very unlikely" due to the sanctions on Russia in response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine by Russia]].<ref name=ESAdelay>{{cite web| url=https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_statement_regarding_cooperation_with_Russia_following_a_meeting_with_Member_States_on_28_February_2022| title=ESA statement regarding cooperation with Russia following a meeting with Member States on 28 February 2022| work=ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Ninja Menning| date=28 February 2022| access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref>

On 17 March 2022, the launch of ExoMars in the 2022 launch window was abandoned, with the permanent suspension of the partnership with Roscosmos.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-17 |title=ESA suspends work with Russia on ExoMars mission |url=https://spacenews.com/esa-suspends-work-with-russia-on-exomars-mission/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>  However, in November, the European Space Agency member states pledged 360 million euros towards the Rosalind Franklin rover, including covering the cost of replacing Russian components.  Now planned to launch in 2028, the rover will carry a next-generation mass spectrometer, the [[Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer]], or MOMA.<ref name="Drahl">{{cite journal |last1=Drahl |first1=Carmen |title=The long-awaited mission that could transform our understanding of Mars |journal=Knowable Magazine |date=3 May 2023 |doi=10.1146/knowable-050323-1|s2cid=258518639 |doi-access=free |url=https://knowablemagazine.org/article/physical-world/2023/mission-could-transform-understanding-mars |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

In June 2024, a $567 million contract was awarded to [[Thales Alenia Space]] to complete the assembly, integration, and testing of the landing platform, with mechanical, thermal, and propulsion handled by Airbus Defense and Space, and ArianeGroup providing the heat shield.<ref name=":0" /> On 16 April 2024, ESA announced a memorandum of understanding with NASA to provide the launch service in late 2028, and that the next mission milestone is the preliminary design review in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2024 |title=ESA and NASA join forces to land Europe’s rover on Mars |url=https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_and_NASA_join_forces_to_land_Europe_s_rover_on_Mars |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240603033421/https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_and_NASA_join_forces_to_land_Europe_s_rover_on_Mars |archive-date=3 June 2024 |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=ESA}}</ref>