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[Regnum] The National Center for Space Research of France (CNES) presented a lunar rover, which in 2027 will be sent into Mars orbit to study the satellites of the "red planet". On Thursday, September 7, Agence France-Presse reported.
“We don’t have the slightest idea of its behavior on this as yet little studied surface. The images he has collected can help scientists shed light on the history of the solar system and the environment on Mars,” Patrick Michel , who is in charge of developing the rover, told AFP .
The Idefix mobile rover, jointly developed by CNES and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), weighs 25 kilograms. In early 2027, he will have to collect surface samples from Mars' moon Phobos.
As IA Regnum reported , on September 7, Japan launched the first H2A carrier rocket with a SLIM lunar lander. The launch was carried out from the Tanegashima cosmodrome, located in Kagoshima Prefecture. The broadcast was conducted on the official website of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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