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- A 35-metre diameter, 74-kg parachute for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover was heat-sterilised at ESA’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands. - The sterilisation completes a planetary protection milestone for the mission ahead of its planned 2028 launch. - The parachute will slow the rover during Martian atmospheric descent.

- A 35 m diameter, 74 kg parachute for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover was heat-sterilised at ESA’s ESTEC in the Netherlands as part of planetary protection preparations. - Sterilisation completes a critical milestone ahead of the mission’s planned 2028 launch. - The procedure aimed to reduce biological contamination risk

- A 35‑metre diameter, 74‑kilogram parachute for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover was heat‑sterilised at ESA’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands. - The sterilisation completes a planetary protection milestone ahead of the mission’s planned 2028 launch. - The parachute will be used to slow the rover during atmospheric

- A 35-metre diameter, 74-kilogram parachute for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover has undergone heat sterilisation at ESA’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands. - The sterilisation completes a planetary protection milestone ahead of the mission’s planned 2028 launch. - The parachute will slow the rover during descent through the

- A 35‑metre, 74‑kg parachute for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover was heat‑sterilised at ESA’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands. - The sterilisation fulfills a planetary protection requirement ahead of the mission’s planned 2028 launch. - The procedure aims to minimise forward contamination of Mars during rover descent

- A 35-meter-diameter parachute for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover was heat‑sterilised at ESA’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands. - The parachute weighs 74 kilograms and is intended to slow the rover during Martian atmospheric entry. - The sterilisation completes a planetary protection milestone ahead of the mission’s