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We haven't been able to take payment You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Act now to keep your subscription We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription. Your subscription is due to terminate We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account, otherwise your subscription will terminate. Sunday May 19 2024 Visitors getting off the train in Stevenage may be surprised to learn that this Hertfordshire new town has an otherworldly secret. Tucked away on a nearby industrial estate is the "Mars Yard", a room filled with red sand and rocks to recreate the surface of the red planet. This is where the French aerospace giant Airbus is testing its ExoMars rover, which will blast off in 2028 on a quest to find signs of water on Mars. The mission has been delayed because Russia was ejected from the programme after the outbreak of the Ukraine war. That delay has had a silver lining for Airbus, which employs 3,500 in the UK in the space sector alone. It will shortly sign a contract with the European
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