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Science & Exploration

Mars Express mission team

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Mission Manager: Patrick Martin – based at ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Spain

Project Scientist: Colin Wilson – based at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), the Netherlands

 

Instrument principal investigators

Instrument Acronym Principal investigator
High-Resolution Stereo Camera HRSC T. Roatsch, Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité OMEGA J. Carter, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) and Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), France
Planetary Fourier Spectrometer PFS M. Giuranna, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
Analyser of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms ASPERA M. Holmström, S. Barabash, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
Mars Radio Science Experiment MaRS M. Pätzold, Rheinishes Institut für Umweltforschung, Universität Cologne, Germany
Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars SPICAM F. Montmessin, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations spatiales (LATMOS), France
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding MARSIS PI: R. Orosei, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
Co-PI: J. Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Visual Monitoring Camera  VMC Team lead: A. Sánchez-Lavega, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain.

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