UK reveals new £1billion Mars robot to find alien life on Red Planet – and it could land as soon as 2030

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Rosalind Frank was first ready to launch aboard Russia’s Proton rocket that same year.

However, the plan was shelved as ESA cancelled Russia’s involvement in the ExoMars project.

The contract was later reassigned to Airbus UK, which built the gadget from its base in Stevenage and replaced all the Russian-built components.

The last country to send a rover to Mars was the US in 2021 with Nasa’s Perseverance rover, which has been traversing the Red Planet alone for more than four years.