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Here’s why Europe won’t be going to Mars this year

By Max Thornberry
Published March 17, 2022 11:07pm ET
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Here’s why Europe won’t be going to Mars this year
People at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., celebrate as the InSight lander touches down on Mars on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. | (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The war in Ukraine will keep Europe from going to Mars this year.

The European Space Agency planned to launch a rover in September but called the mission off because it was partnering with Russia’s space program, Roscosmos.

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