Europe-Russia Relations Warm When it Comes to Mars Mission

Relations between Europe and Russia may be rocky on Earth, but next month's planned landing of a module on Mars — a first step in the broader search for life on the Red Planet — shows that cooperation in space is another story. In a joint mission between the Paris-based European Space Agency, or ESA, and its Russian Roscosmos counterpart, the Schiaparelli module is expected to touch down Oct. 19 on Mars, paving the way for a second, ambitious mission in 2020 to dig for life...

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