Engineers assembling the European-Russian robot launching to Mars next year fit its key instrument package.
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Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
Europe prepares to send technology to Mars to look for evidence that there is life on the planet.
Read moreAirbus: We will take Germany to court to sell arms to Saudis
Theo Leggett
BBC International Business Correspondent
The new chief executive of Airbus, Guillaume Faury, says the company will "probably" have to take legal action against the German government over its effective ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
In November, Berlin said it would stop granting export licences for sales to the Saudi kingdom.
The embargo was introduced in the wake of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Instanbul last year, and Airbus has already said that it is affecting its business, because a number of the aircraft it sells contain German parts.
Speaking to journalists in London, Mr Faury said Airbus had contracts with its customers and needed to "defend our own contractual obligations and interests". He added that it was close to taking action in "a number of cases".
Jonathan Amos
BBC Science Correspondent
Engineers are making sure their joint European-Russian rover will perform as expected on the Red Planet.
Read moreEngineers test the locomotion system of the Rosalind Franklin rover which will launch to the Red Planet next year.
Engineers test the locomotion system of the Rosalind Franklin rover and its ability to handle obstacles.
Engineers rehearse the first drive the Rosalind Franklin rover will undertake when it arrives at the Red Planet.
Russell Hotten
Business reporter, BBC News
The aircraft industry has to cut greenhouse gases but air travel is growing, so what's the answer?
Read moreAirbus suffers 86% drop in profits
Airbus has posted a €40m profit for the first quarter of 2019 - an 86% drop on the same period last year.
Among other things, it blamed "the prolonged suspension of defence export licences to Saudi Arabia by the German government" for the drop.
However the European aerospace giant registered strong revenue growth at €12.5bn, boosted by higher commercial aircraft deliveries.
Virginia Harrison
BBC News
Chinese-made planes have attracted criticism, but the crisis facing Boeing could spur interest.
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