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...work at Astrobiology OU aims to strike the right balance between industry’s need for agile and cost-effective processes for building spacecraft and rovers and scientists’ desires to conduct meaningful, state-of-the-art, astrobiology experiments. [The ExoMars - Rosalind Franklin - Rover during the environmental testing phase at Airbus Toulouse.] The ExoMars - Rosalind...

...works on the same basic principles as the power station generators that supply domestic electricity. How a generator works When an electric current flows through a wire, it generates a three-dimensional magnetic force field around the wire, similar to that surrounding a bar magnet. Magnets are also surrounded by a similar three-dimensional field. This can be ‘seen’ in...

...surface. Another aspect of our work is to use knowledge of life in extreme environments on Earth to learn how to protect Europa from contamination from future spacecraft. Within a decade, a treasure trove of new data will emerge from Europa, but it’s only through the work we do here on Earth that we can turn this data into understanding of Europa’s potential for life....