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The floodwaters of Mars 06 June 2013
The floodwaters of Mars 06 June 2013 Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1.55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express.
Ten years at Mars: new global views plot the Red Planet’s history03 June 2013 New global maps of Mars released on the 10th anniversary of the launch of ESA’s Mars Express trace the history of water and volcanic activity on the Red Planet, and identify sites of special interest for the next generation of Mars explorers.
Call for Media: Celebrating 10 years of Mars Express discoveries 27 May 2013 Media representatives are invited to a briefing at ESA’s operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany on Monday 3 June, marking the tenth anniversary of the launch of ESA’s Mars Express. The event will highlight the key scientific discoveries of the missio...
Landslides and lava flows at Olympus Mons on Mars02 May 2013 Giant landslides, lava flows and tectonic forces are behind this dynamic scene captured recently by ESA’s Mars Express of a region scarred by the Solar System’s largest volcano, Olympus Mons.
Explosive crater twins on Mars11 April 2013
Explosive crater twins on Mars11 April 2013 Dramatic underground explosions, perhaps involving ice, are responsible for the pits inside these two large martian impact craters, imaged by ESA’s Mars Express on 4 January.
At the mouth of the red valley14 February 2013
At the mouth of the red valley14 February 2013 ESA’s Mars Express took a high-resolution stereo image on 13 January of the southeast corner of the Amenthes Planum region on Mars, near to Palos crater and the mouth of a well-known sinuous valley, Tinto Vallis.


