MDA Secures Role For European Mars Rover Mission
By JJ McCoy | July 18, 2007
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) will design a robotic chassis for a planned European Space Agency mission to Mars, the company announced July 17.
Under a contract from EADS Astrium valued at 1 million euros ($1.4 million), MDA will design the chassis for the ExoMars rover and provide a prototype for testing by 2008.