Europe’s Rosalind Franklin rover will search Mars for signs of past life. Rosalind Franklin can drill down 2 metres, reaching older material that may have been shielded from those conditions. Building the Mars rover in StevenageAirbus Defence and Space designed and built Rosalind Franklin at its Stevenage site. The mission could make Rosalind Franklin Europe’s first rover on Mars. Drilling below the Martian surfaceRosalind Franklin’s drill can reach deeper than that of any earlier Mars rover.