Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/10/16/robotic_mars_rover_mission_may_be_delayed_until_2020_40655.html","20190209180251","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1549735371"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta charset="UTF-8"/><meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="no"/><meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=yes"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes"/><meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true"/><meta name="MobileOptimzied" content="width"/><meta http-equiv="cleartype" content="on"/><meta name="navigation" content="tabbed"/><title>Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020 - Russia Beyond</title><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20190209180251im_/https://www.rbth.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/><link rel="icon" href="/web/20190209180251im_/https://www.rbth.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/><meta name="description" content="The launch of a robotic Mars rover under the ExoMars project may be delayed for two years, the European Space Agency\'s Oliver Witasse said at the Fifth Moscow International Solar System Symposium."/><meta property="og:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/10/16/robotic_mars_rover_mission_may_be_delayed_until_2020_40655.html"><meta property="og:type" content="article"><meta property="og:title" content="Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020"/><meta property="og:description" content="The launch of a robotic Mars rover under the ExoMars project may be delayed for two years, the European Space Agency\'s Oliver Witasse said at the Fifth Moscow International Solar System Symposium."/><meta property="article:tag" content="Russian space exploration"/><meta property="article:tag" content="robots"/><meta property="article:section" content="Science & Tech"/><meta property="article:published_time" content="Oct 16, 2014"/><meta property="article:author" content="Interfax"/><meta name="author" content="Interfax"/><meta property="article:author" content="Interfax"/><meta name="author" content="Interfax"/><meta name="twitter:title" content="Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020"/><meta name="twitter:description" content="The launch of a robotic Mars rover under the ExoMars project may be delayed for two years, the European Space Agency\'s Oliver Witasse said at the Fifth Moscow International Solar System Symposium."/><meta property="og:locale" content="en_US"><meta property="fb:app_id" content="350873245081004"/><meta property="fb:pages" content="62669973528"/><meta name="twitter:site" content="meta.twitter.site"/><meta name="twitter:domain" content="meta.twitter.domain"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20190209180251cs_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/css/news_view.css?v=213343101124601221014"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20190209180251cs_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/css/sharing.css?v=423"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20190209180251cs_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/css/explainer.css"/><script type="text/javascript">var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime();</script><link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/20190209180251cs_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/css/cookies.css"><script async="async" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251js_/https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js"></script><script> var gptadslots = []; var googletag = googletag || {cmd:[]}; </script><script type="text/javascript"> (function (d, w, c) { (w[c] = w[c] || []).push(function() { try { w.yaCounter50240641 = new Ya.Metrika2({ id:"50240641", clickmap:true, trackLinks:true, accurateTrackBounce:true }); } catch(e) { } }); var n = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0], s = d.createElement("script"), f = function () { n.parentNode.insertBefore(s, n); }; s.type = "text/javascript"; s.async = true; s.src = "https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://mc.yandex.ru/metrika/tag.js"; if (w.opera == "[object Opera]") { d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", f, false); } else { f(); } })(document, window, "yandex_metrika_callbacks2"); </script><noscript><div><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251im_/https://mc.yandex.ru/watch/50240641" style="position:absolute; left:-9999px;" alt=""/></div></noscript><script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { //Adslot 1 declaration gptadslots.push(googletag.defineSlot('/21621977877/RBTH_Billboard', [[1,1],[970,250],[970,90],[728,90],[980,90],'fluid',[960,90]], 'div-gpt-ad-2430676-1') .addService(googletag.pubads())); //Adslot 2 declaration gptadslots.push(googletag.defineSlot('/21621977877/RBTH_Vertical', [[1,1],'fluid',[300,600],[300,250],[160,600],[250,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-2430676-2') .addService(googletag.pubads())); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script></head><body><div class="layout"><div class="layout__wrapper"><div class="layout__header"><div class="header" id="app-header"><div class="header__wrapper"><div class="header__logo"><div class="logo"><div class="logo__cover logo__cover_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/"></a></div><div class="logo__content logo__content_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/"></a></div></div></div><div class="header__langs"><div class="buttons"><div class="buttons__langs-menu buttons__langs-menu_header"> English </div></div><div class="nav"><div class="nav__wrapper nav__wrapper_langs_header"><ul class="nav__row nav__row_langs_header"><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://id.rbth.com/">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://de.rbth.com/">Deutsch</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/">English</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://es.rbth.com/">Español</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://fr.rbth.com/">Français</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://hr.rbth.com/">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://it.rbth.com/">Italiano</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://br.rbth.com/">Português</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://si.rbth.com/">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://kr.rbth.com/">Korean</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://jp.rbth.com/">日本語</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://bg.rbth.com/">Български</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://mk.rbth.com/">Македонски</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://rs.rbth.com/">Српски</a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_langs_header"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://ru.rbth.com/">По-русски</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="header__nav"> <div class="nav"><ul class="nav__row nav__row_header"><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle"> Lifestyle </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/arts"> Culture </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/travel"> Travel </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/education"> Education </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/business"> Business </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/history"> History </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech"> Science & Tech </a></li><li class="nav__item nav__item_header"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/russian-kitchen"> Russian Kitchen </a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="layout__content"><div class="control-width control-width_padding"><div class="rows"><div class="ad-wrapper"><div id="div-gpt-ad-2430676-1"><script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-2430676-1'); }); </script></div></div><div class="rows__wrapper rows__wrapper_short-story"><div class="rows__column rows__column_short-story rows__column_short-story_left" style="width:100%;"><div class="article"><div class="article__wrapper article__wrapper_short"><div class="article__head article__head_short"><div class="article__head-content article__head-content_short"><h1>Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020</h1><div class="article__category article__category_short"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech"> Science & Tech </a></div><div class="article__date article__date_short"><time class="date "> Oct 16 2014 </time></div><div class="article__author article__author_short"> Interfax </div><div class="article__author article__author_short"> Interfax </div><div class="article__tags article__tags_short"><div class="tags"><div class="tags__wrapper tags__wrapper_short"></div></div></div></div><div class="article__cover article__cover_short"></div></div><div class="article__copyright article__copyright_short"></div><div class="social-container social-container_top" data-buttons="facebook, twitter, google, reddit, fbmessenger, whatsapp" data-counters></div><div class="article__summary article__summary_short"><div class="article__summary-wrapper article__summary-wrapper_short"> The launch of a robotic Mars rover under the ExoMars project may be delayed for two years, the European Space Agency\'s Oliver Witasse said at the Fifth Moscow International Solar System Symposium. </div></div><div class="article__text article__text_short"><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The launch of a robotic Mars rover under the ExoMars project may be delayed for two years, the European Space Agency\'s Oliver Witasse said at the Fifth Moscow International Solar System Symposium.</span></p><p> He said it had been planned to send the rover to Mars on May 7, 2018, and the arrival date was January 15, 2019.</p><p> The launch window is very tight and the next one will open only in two years if the mission is not ready by then, he said.</p><p> A new attempt to send the rover to Mars may be made on August 5, 2020. In this case, it would arrive on Mars on April 19, 2021.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">An ExoMars orbiter will be sent to the planet prior to that. Its launch by a Proton-M vehicle is scheduled for January 2016 and the beginning of its Martian orbit would occur in October 2016.</span></p><h3 class="title">Read more: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com//news/2014/09/16/space_adventures_announces_moon_tour_due_in_2018_39806.html">Space Adventures announces <span class="search-result">Moon</span> tour due in 2018</a></h3><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><br/></span></p><p class="article__text-copyright"> All rights reserved by Rossiyskaya Gazeta. </p></div><div class="article__tags-trends article__tags-trends_short"><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/tag/space"> Russian space exploration </a><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/tag/robots"> robots </a><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/news"> News </a><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/space"> Space </a><a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/space1"> Space </a></div><div class="social-container" data-buttons="facebook, twitter, google, reddit, fbmessenger, whatsapp" data-counters></div><script src="/web/20190209180251js_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/sharing.min.js"></script><div class="article__text article__text_short"><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251js_/https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script><div class="subscribe"><div class="subscribe__header"><p class="header-title">Subscribe</p><p class="header-subtitle">to our newsletter!</p></div><div class="subscribe__content"><p class="content-text">Get the week's best stories straight to your inbox</p><form class="subscribe__form js-subscribe-form"><input class="subscribe__form-input js-subscribe-email" type="email" value="" placeholder="Enter your email" required=""/><input class="subscribe__form-submit" type="submit" value="Submit"></form></div></div><script> (function () { var $subscribe = $('.subscribe'); var $form = $('.js-subscribe-form'); var $completeButton = $('.subscribe__form-complete'); function validateEmail(email) { var re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/; return re.test(email); } if (!$form.length) { return; } var initFormSubmit = function () { $form.on('submit', function (event) { event.preventDefault(); $form = $(this); var $email = $form.find('.js-subscribe-email'); if(!validateEmail($email)) { $.ajax({ type: "GET", dataType: "json", url: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://subscribe.rbth.com/subscribe/43f7649a-bef2-4f18-9ef5-78d0b181f49e/' + $email.val() + '?_t=' + (new Date()).getTime(), success: function () { $subscribe.addClass('subscribe_complete'); $subscribe.html('<div class="subscribe__header"><p class="header-title">Almost Finished...</p></div><div class="subscribe__content"><p class="content-text">Check your email to confirm the subscribtion</p><form class="subscribe__form js-subscribe-finished"><input class="subscribe__form-complete" type="submit" value="OK" /></form></div>') }, error: function() { $email.val(''); alert('An unknown error occurred. Try later.'); } }); } }); }; initFormSubmit(); $completeButton.on('click', function (evt) { evt.preventDefault(); evt.window.location.reload(); }); }()); </script></div><div class="follows-channel"><div class="follows-channel__content">We've got more than 1,5 million followers on Facebook. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.facebook.com/russiabeyond/" target="_blank">Join them!</a></div></div><div class="article__comments article__comments_short"><div class="comments"><div id="fb-root"></div><div id="fb-article-comments" class="fb-comments add-space-before" data-href="https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/10/16/robotic_mars_rover_mission_may_be_delayed_until_2020_40655.html" data-width="645" data-num-posts="10"></div></div></div><div class="article__next-article"><div id="app-infinity-scroll-article"></div><div class="next-article-loading"></div><script> var currentArticleId = '103300000000001000127095'; </script></div></div></div><script src="/web/20190209180251js_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/explainer.min.js"></script></div><div class="rows__column rows__column_short-story rows__column_short-story_right"><div id="app-important-news"></div></div></div></div></div></div><script> var footerCopyright = 'Russia Beyond is a media project of the independent non-commercial organization "TV-Novosti", 2019. © All rights reserved.', footerSocials = [ {icon: 'facebook', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.facebook.com/russiabeyond/'}, {icon: 'twitter', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://twitter.com/russiabeyond'}, {icon: 'youtube', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.youtube.com/RBTHvideo'}, {icon: 'pinterest', href: 'footer.social.pinterest.link'}, {icon: 'instagram', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.instagram.com/russiabeyond/'}, {icon: 'linked-in', href: 'footer.social.linked-in.link'}, {icon: 'rss', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/rss'}, {icon: 'yandex-zen', href: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://zen.yandex.ru/russiabeyond'}, {icon: 'vk', href: 'footer.social.vk.link'}, {icon: 'telegram', href: 'footer.social.telegram.link'}, ] </script><div class="layout__footer"><div id="app-footer"></div></div></div></div><div id="app-watches-post"></div><script> var watches = { nbc : { url: 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/nbc/', publicId: '127095' } }; </script><script> var categoryID = '103300000000003100325395'; </script><script defer="defer" src="/web/20190209180251js_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/news_view.min.js?v=2156234001410120214"></script><script> var langs = JSON.parse('[{"label":"Bahasa Indonesia","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/id.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"Deutsch","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/de.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"English","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/www.rbth.com","active":true},{"label":"Espa\u00f1ol","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/es.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"Fran\u00e7ais","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/fr.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"Hrvatski","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/hr.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"Italiano","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/it.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"Portugu\u00eas","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/br.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"Sloven\u0161\u010dina","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/si.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/jp.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"\u0411\u044a\u043b\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/bg.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"\u041c\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/mk.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"\u0421\u0440\u043f\u0441\u043a\u0438","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/rs.rbth.com","active":false},{"label":"\u041f\u043e-\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438","url":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190209180251\/https:\/\/ru.rbth.com","active":false}]') </script><script> var _sf_async_config = _sf_async_config || {}; /** CONFIGURATION START **/ _sf_async_config.uid = '52857'; //CHANGE THIS _sf_async_config.domain = 'rbth.com'; //CHANGE THIS _sf_async_config.useCanonical = true; _sf_async_config.sections = 'Science & Tech'; //CHANGE THIS _sf_async_config.authors = 'Interfax,Interfax'; //CHANGE THIS /** CONFIGURATION END **/ (function() { function loadChartbeat() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', '//web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js'); document.body.appendChild(e); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); }; })(); </script><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-2697165-1', 'auto'); ga('create', 'UA-67425480-2', 'auto', 'aggregatedTracker'); ga('set', 'dimension2', 'Interfax,Interfax'); ga('send', 'pageview'); ga('aggregatedTracker.send', 'pageview'); </script><script> !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '3191649287528706'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); </script><noscript><img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251im_/https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=3191649287528706&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/></noscript><div class="cookies__banner js-cookies-banner"><div class="cookies__banner-wrapper"><p class="cookies__banner-text">This website uses cookies. Click <a href="/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/privacy" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.</p><a class="cookies__banner-button js-cookies-button">Accept cookies</a></div></div><script src="/web/20190209180251js_/https://www.rbth.com/rbth/view/cookies.min.js?v=2"></script><script type="text/javascript"> /* CONFIGURATION START */ var _ain = { id: "1317", postid: "https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://www.rbth.com/news/2014/10/16/robotic_mars_rover_mission_may_be_delayed_until_2020_40655.html", maincontent: "counters.content-insights.maincontent", title: "Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020", pubdate: "2014-10-16T19:58:00+04:00", authors: "Interfax,Interfax", sections: "Science & Tech", tags: "Russian space exploration,robots", }; /* CONFIGURATION END */ (function (d, s) { var sf = d.createElement(s); sf.type = 'text/javascript'; sf.async = true; sf.src = (('https:' == d.location.protocol) ? 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://d7d3cf2e81d293050033-3dfc0615b0fd7b49143049256703bfce.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com' : 'https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/http://t.contentinsights.com') + '/stf.js'; var t = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; t.parentNode.insertBefore(sf, t); })(document, 'script'); </script><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//web.archive.org/web/20190209180251/https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=350873245081004&version=v2.5"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script></body></html>

CINXE.COM

Robotic Mars rover mission may be delayed until 2020 - Russia Beyond