The ESA and EADS Astrium Mars Express teams were rewarded by AAAF on 16 september 2004.
From left to right, ESA representatives, with Rudi Schmidt (Project Manager), John Reddy, Hans Eggel and John Bennett, the EADS Astrium team with Michel Pendaries, Vincent Poinsignon (project manager), Frédéric Faye et Alain Clochet.
MM. Yves Langevin of CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and Heinrich Waenke of Max Planck Institut were also rewarded.