Project Details

Commercial Project: Mars Rover Project

Client: European Air Defence Systems (EADS)

Contractor: Bouygues Energies & Services

We at Thomas Halliwell are extremely proud to announce we have undertaken such a prestige project as the Mars Rover Project. The UK Space Agency from their Airbus facility in Stevenage recreated the surface of Mars to run tests for the landing of the new Mars rover and Thomas Halliwell provided the lighting, power and data installation to the new viewing gallery and STEM Centre behind. Working under strict conditions for our client due to the intricate processes currently in place to perform the test runs for the new Mars Rover. The astronaut Tim Peak officially opened the new facility which was shown on all national news channels.