On March 1, according to foreign media reports, in view of the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday local time that the agency's Mars mission in cooperation with Russia may not be launched this year < p > < / P > < p > the mission, called ExoMars, includes launching several unmanned probes to Mars and eventually launching a Mars rover to explore the surface of the red planet. The European Space Agency and the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) have been cooperating on this project for the past decade < p > as part of the plan, the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency launched the first phase of the mission in 2016, launching a probe orbiting Mars and studying the planet's atmosphere. At the same time, the two institutions also launched test landers to demonstrate the ability to land on the surface of Mars. The orbiter has begun its mission around Mars, but the test lander crashed due to software failure < p > nevertheless, the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency continue to advance the second phase of their mission: launching a rover named after the British chemist Rosalind Franklin, who helped discover the structure of DNA. The launch of the rover is tentatively scheduled for this summer, but the European Space Agency is now skeptical about whether it can be launched on time < p > in its website update, the European Space Agency wrote: "with regard to the plan to continue to promote ExoMars, the current situation makes the launch in 2022 very unlikely. The director general of the European Space Agency will analyze all options and make a formal decision on the future direction of Member States." < p > both the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency are providing key elements for the rover's mission. The Rosalind Franklin rover was built and tested by the European Space Agency to drill the Martian surface and look for signs of life. The Russian space agency provides landers to help the rover land on the planet's surface. The entire mission will also be launched with a Russian proton rocket < p > the day after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, the EU and the United States jointly announced a new list of restrictive sanctions against Russia. According to the EU, the sanctions cover areas such as finance, energy, transportation, science and technology and visa policies. The European space agency noted that the agency complied with these sanctions < p > in its update, the European Space Agency wrote: "we are fully implementing the sanctions imposed by Member States on Russia. We are evaluating each project with the Russian space agency and coordinating closely with industry and international partners, especially NASA, to align our decisions with those of Member States." < p > Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency, has responded to the latest statement of the European Space Agency on twitter, saying that the latter's move could lead to "both lose and lose" < p > earlier, Russia announced that it would suspend the launch of Soyuz spacecraft in view of sanctions. European launch supplier Arianespace has reached an agreement with the Russian space agency to use Soyuz spacecraft to launch satellites at the Baikonur launch site in French Guiana or Kazakhstan. However, Russia said it would withdraw 87 staff working at the Guyana Space Center, who were preparing for the upcoming launch < p > Russia also announced plans to exclude NASA from the joint mission to Venus conducted by the two agencies. However, the Russian space agency and NASA are still cooperating to maintain the operation of the international space station < p > this is not the first time the ExoMars task has been delayed. The rover was originally scheduled to launch as early as 2018, but was delayed because the equipment was not ready in time. The original plan to launch in 2020 has also been postponed to allow more time to test the rover's parachute, which is the key equipment to land on the surface of Mars. If ExoMars does not launch this year, the next launch window will be two years later, when the earth and Mars will reach the closest distance in orbit around the sun again. (small) < / P > < p >