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Mars on Earth: sandbox created the Red Planet

27 March 2014 Last updated at 14:02 GMT clock

Airbus has a huge sandpit in Stevenage built to imitate the surface of Mars.

The box the size of a basketball court can be used to test in Europe sent to Mars in 2018 mobile systems.

ExoMars , as we know, will be commissioned a six-wheeled robot with a search for signs of past or present life.

Richard Lancaster, navigation and control analyst for the ExoMars project, the BBC offers a guided tour within Stevenage own version of the red planet to visit, and how it is used to test the phone.