How Russia’s war in Ukraine hinders space research and exploration
A Mars rover, an X-ray telescope and several low-Earth satellites are all on hold
![illustration of the Rosalind Franklin Mars rover on the surface of Mars](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/030222_lk_war-impact_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The Rosalind Franklin Mars rover (illustrated), part of a joint European-Russia mission to Mars, is one of several space projects at risk due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
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