NASA Advances ESA's Rosalind Franklin Mars Mission with New Implementation Phase
NASA has approved the implementation phase for the Rosalind Franklin Support and Augmentation (ROSA) project, which is part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosalind Franklin mission to Mars. This mission, scheduled for launch in 2028, aims to search for signs of past or present life beneath the Martian surface. NASA's role includes providing essential hardware and services such as the launch service, braking engines for the rover's lander platform, and radioisotope heater units for the rover's internal systems. Additionally, NASA will supply specialized electronics and a mass spectrometer for the Mars organic molecule analyzer, which will investigate potential life-building blocks in samples from Mars' Oxia Planum. The mission will be launched using SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 
