ESA - Mars Express - Archive

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The mission

Since beginning science operations in 2004, Mars Express has provided breathtaking views of Mars in three dimensions. It has provided the most complete map of the chemical composition of the atmosphere, studied Mars’s innermost moon Phobos in unprecedented detail, and traced the history of water across the globe, demonstrating that Mars once harboured environmental conditions that may have been suitable for life.

Launch date: 2 June 2003
Arrival at Mars: December 2003
Status: In operation
Targets: Mars' atmosphere, surface and subsurface; Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos

10 m imaging resolution
8 instruments
1120 kg launch mass
2 decades of operation

Mars Express

Echus Chasma, nadir view

Science & Exploration

Echus Chasma

14/07/2008 16589 views 20 likes

Perspective view of Echus Chasma

Science & Exploration

Echus Chasma, page two

14/07/2008 7827 views 19 likes

Science & Exploration

Listen to Phoenix descend

28/05/2008 5239 views 4 likes

Phoenix lands successfully

Science & Exploration

First images from Phoenix Mars lander

26/05/2008 3509 views 3 likes

Deputy Spacecraft Operations Manager Peter Schmitz in Mars Express Dedicated Control Room 26 May 2008

Enabling & Support

Mars Express supports Phoenix Mars landing

26/05/2008 2086 views 1 likes

Mars Express in orbit around Mars

Science & Exploration

Timeline: Mars Express support to Phoenix landing

22/05/2008 1759 views 0 likes

Artist's impression of parachute deployment during Phoenix's descent to Mars

Science & Exploration

Mars Express mission controllers ready for NASA Phoenix lan…

20/05/2008 687 views 0 likes

Crater in Mamers Valles

Science & Exploration

Crater in martian valley Mamers Valles

16/05/2008 2928 views 5 likes

Oleg Korablev

Science & Exploration

Interview: The martian water cycle and climate

14/05/2008 2274 views 8 likes

Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater

Science & Exploration

Interviews: the martian water cycle and climate

14/05/2008 1555 views 0 likes

Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater

Science & Exploration

Water on Mars

14/05/2008 17451 views 65 likes

Science & Exploration

Interview: Frost and ice below the martian surface

14/05/2008 1073 views 2 likes

Mars Express in orbit around Mars

Science & Exploration

Artificial intelligence boosts science from Mars

29/04/2008 1976 views 2 likes

Nepenthes Mensae

Science & Exploration

River delta in Nepenthes Mensae

25/04/2008 2592 views 3 likes

Radar sounding is opening up a planet’s third dimension

Science & Exploration

Mars radar opens up a planet’s third dimension

17/04/2008 4173 views 3 likes

Hebes Chasma

Science & Exploration

Hebes Chasma, a trough in the Grand Canyon of Mars

28/03/2008 10184 views 24 likes

Daedalia Planum

Science & Exploration

Mars Express reveals the Red Planet’s volcanic past

14/03/2008 4266 views 3 likes

Promethei Planum

Science & Exploration

Icy Promethei Planum

12/03/2008 5087 views 9 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Mars and Venus are surprisingly similar

05/03/2008 28790 views 17 likes

Mars Express

Enabling & Support

Mars Express one of three orbiters preparing for Phoenix la…

28/02/2008 1829 views 1 likes

Candor Chasma in false colour

Science & Exploration

Deep valleys of Candor Chasma

15/02/2008 5293 views 18 likes

Olympus Mons, ortho-image

Science & Exploration

ESA presents Mars in 3D

05/02/2008 6892 views 17 likes

Terby crater in false colour

Science & Exploration

Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater

25/01/2008 3380 views 10 likes

Carbon-dioxide ice cloud on Mars

Science & Exploration

Ice clouds put Mars in the shade

16/01/2008 7938 views 8 likes

A dust storm on Mars

Science & Exploration

Mars Express watches a dust storm engulf Mars

11/12/2007 2846 views 2 likes

Noctis Labyrinthus

Science & Exploration

Noctis Labyrinthus, labyrinth of the night

30/11/2007 9874 views 25 likes

Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Mars Express - 5000 orbits and counting

23/11/2007 2202 views 0 likes

Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater

Science & Exploration

Mars and the search for traces of life

16/11/2007 422 views 0 likes

MARSIS sending signals and receiving echoes

Science & Exploration

Mars Express: First global map of martian ionosphere

16/11/2007 2881 views 3 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

Setting stars reveal planetary secrets

05/11/2007 2834 views 2 likes

MARSIS fully deployed

Science & Exploration

Mars Express probes the Red Planet’s most unusual deposits

01/11/2007 2182 views 2 likes

Maunder Crater

Science & Exploration

Hummocky and shallow Maunder crater

16/10/2007 3423 views 4 likes

Tiu Valles

Science & Exploration

The mysterious ridges at the mouth of Tiu Valles

12/09/2007 3823 views 7 likes

Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Interplanetary networking: ESA’s Mars Express will keep an …

01/08/2007 2104 views 0 likes

Tyrrhena Terra Impact Crater

Science & Exploration

Impact Craters in Tyrrhena Terra

31/07/2007 3624 views 5 likes

Ice at the South Pole of Mars

Science & Exploration

The origin of perennial water-ice at the South Pole of Mars

13/07/2007 4880 views 2 likes

Tectonic transition zone, Aeolis Mensae

Science & Exploration

Tectonic signatures at Aeolis Mensae

28/06/2007 3305 views 5 likes

Deuteronilus Mensae region on Mars

Science & Exploration

Breathtaking views of Deuteronilus Mensae on Mars

21/05/2007 6467 views 12 likes

The contrast: Venus, Earth and Mars

Science & Exploration

Climate catastrophes in the Solar System

26/04/2007 2972 views 3 likes

Bright lower echo from Mars’ south-polar layered deposits

Science & Exploration

Mars Express radar gauges water quantity around Mars’ south…

15/03/2007 4063 views 5 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

The planetary adventure continues - Mars Express and Venus …

27/02/2007 2626 views 1 likes

Topographic map of Mars at 1:200 000

Science & Exploration

The first hiking maps of Mars

12/02/2007 13181 views 20 likes

Subsurface echoes from Chryse Planitia plains

Science & Exploration

Mars Express scientists find a different Mars underneath

13/12/2006 3623 views 1 likes

New gully deposit in a crater in the Centauri Montes region

Science & Exploration

Spacecraft fleet zeroing in on Martian water reserves

07/12/2006 1997 views 8 likes

Cydonia - the Face on Mars movie

Science & Exploration

Cydonia's 'Face on Mars' in 3D animation

23/10/2006 26546 views 31 likes

Cryptic region on Martian south polar cap

Science & Exploration

Decoding Mars’s Cryptic Region

19/10/2006 2466 views 3 likes

Glacial feature in Deuteronilus Mensae

Science & Exploration

Mars Express and the story of water on Mars

16/10/2006 5822 views 7 likes

Mars Express entering eclipse around Mars

Science & Exploration

Mars Express successfully powers through eclipse season

26/09/2006 3170 views 0 likes

'Face on Mars' in Cydonia region

Science & Exploration

Cydonia - the face on Mars

21/09/2006 92696 views 103 likes

Kasei Valles, perspective view of Northern branch, looking West

Science & Exploration

Kasei Valles outflow channel system

30/08/2006 11087 views 17 likes

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