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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.

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