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Mars 2018
Mars 2018 Mission to Mars

Goals: This proposed mission would carry two rovers -- one built by NASA and one built by the European Space Agency -- to Mars. The NASA rover would collect a cache of samples for possible collection by a future sample return mission. ESA's rover would search for signs of life on Mars.

Accomplishments: This mission is a concept only.


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This is a mission concept. No launch date has been determined yet.
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