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

Perspective view of Echus Chasma

Science & Exploration

Echus Chasma, page two

14/07/2008 7731 views 19 likes

Science & Exploration

Listen to Phoenix descend

28/05/2008 5212 views 4 likes

Phoenix lands successfully

Science & Exploration

First images from Phoenix Mars lander

26/05/2008 3471 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 2062 views 1 likes

Mars Express in orbit around Mars

Science & Exploration

Timeline: Mars Express support to Phoenix landing

22/05/2008 1734 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 677 views 0 likes

Crater in Mamers Valles

Science & Exploration

Crater in martian valley Mamers Valles

16/05/2008 2894 views 5 likes

Oleg Korablev

Science & Exploration

Interview: The martian water cycle and climate

14/05/2008 2245 views 8 likes

Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater

Science & Exploration

Interviews: the martian water cycle and climate

14/05/2008 1543 views 0 likes

Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater

Science & Exploration

Water on Mars

14/05/2008 17207 views 65 likes

Science & Exploration

Interview: Frost and ice below the martian surface

14/05/2008 1050 views 2 likes

Mars Express in orbit around Mars

Science & Exploration

Artificial intelligence boosts science from Mars

29/04/2008 1945 views 2 likes

Nepenthes Mensae

Science & Exploration

River delta in Nepenthes Mensae

25/04/2008 2542 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 4118 views 3 likes

Hebes Chasma

Science & Exploration

Hebes Chasma, a trough in the Grand Canyon of Mars

28/03/2008 10074 views 24 likes

Daedalia Planum

Science & Exploration

Mars Express reveals the Red Planet’s volcanic past

14/03/2008 4055 views 3 likes

Promethei Planum

Science & Exploration

Icy Promethei Planum

12/03/2008 5023 views 9 likes

Interaction between Venus and the solar wind

Science & Exploration

Mars and Venus are surprisingly similar

05/03/2008 28601 views 17 likes

Mars Express

Enabling & Support

Mars Express one of three orbiters preparing for Phoenix la…

28/02/2008 1814 views 1 likes

Candor Chasma in false colour

Science & Exploration

Deep valleys of Candor Chasma

15/02/2008 5218 views 17 likes

Olympus Mons, ortho-image

Science & Exploration

ESA presents Mars in 3D

05/02/2008 6850 views 17 likes

Terby crater in false colour

Science & Exploration

Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater

25/01/2008 3334 views 10 likes

Carbon-dioxide ice cloud on Mars

Science & Exploration

Ice clouds put Mars in the shade

16/01/2008 7893 views 8 likes

A dust storm on Mars

Science & Exploration

Mars Express watches a dust storm engulf Mars

11/12/2007 2811 views 2 likes

Noctis Labyrinthus

Science & Exploration

Noctis Labyrinthus, labyrinth of the night

30/11/2007 9768 views 24 likes

Mars Express

Science & Exploration

Mars Express - 5000 orbits and counting

23/11/2007 2148 views 0 likes

Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater

Science & Exploration

Mars and the search for traces of life

16/11/2007 416 views 0 likes

MARSIS sending signals and receiving echoes

Science & Exploration

Mars Express: First global map of martian ionosphere

16/11/2007 2856 views 3 likes

Stellar occultation at Venus

Science & Exploration

Setting stars reveal planetary secrets

05/11/2007 2809 views 2 likes

MARSIS fully deployed

Science & Exploration

Mars Express probes the Red Planet’s most unusual deposits

01/11/2007 2156 views 2 likes

Maunder Crater

Science & Exploration

Hummocky and shallow Maunder crater

16/10/2007 3369 views 4 likes

Tiu Valles

Science & Exploration

The mysterious ridges at the mouth of Tiu Valles

12/09/2007 3775 views 7 likes

Mars Express

Science & Exploration

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

01/08/2007 2083 views 0 likes

Tyrrhena Terra Impact Crater

Science & Exploration

Impact Craters in Tyrrhena Terra

31/07/2007 3594 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 4817 views 2 likes

Tectonic transition zone, Aeolis Mensae

Science & Exploration

Tectonic signatures at Aeolis Mensae

28/06/2007 3269 views 5 likes

Deuteronilus Mensae region on Mars

Science & Exploration

Breathtaking views of Deuteronilus Mensae on Mars

21/05/2007 6409 views 12 likes

The contrast: Venus, Earth and Mars

Science & Exploration

Climate catastrophes in the Solar System

26/04/2007 2952 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 4018 views 5 likes

Artist's impression of Venus Express

Science & Exploration

The planetary adventure continues - Mars Express and Venus …

27/02/2007 2604 views 1 likes

Topographic map of Mars at 1:200 000

Science & Exploration

The first hiking maps of Mars

12/02/2007 13133 views 20 likes

Subsurface echoes from Chryse Planitia plains

Science & Exploration

Mars Express scientists find a different Mars underneath

13/12/2006 3585 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 1981 views 8 likes

Cydonia - the Face on Mars movie

Science & Exploration

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

23/10/2006 26187 views 31 likes

Cryptic region on Martian south polar cap

Science & Exploration

Decoding Mars’s Cryptic Region

19/10/2006 2444 views 3 likes

Glacial feature in Deuteronilus Mensae

Science & Exploration

Mars Express and the story of water on Mars

16/10/2006 5748 views 7 likes

Mars Express entering eclipse around Mars

Science & Exploration

Mars Express successfully powers through eclipse season

26/09/2006 3140 views 0 likes

'Face on Mars' in Cydonia region

Science & Exploration

Cydonia - the face on Mars

21/09/2006 92040 views 103 likes

Kasei Valles, perspective view of Northern branch, looking West

Science & Exploration

Kasei Valles outflow channel system

30/08/2006 11010 views 16 likes

Clouds on Mars

Science & Exploration

Rare high-altitude clouds found on Mars

28/08/2006 4851 views 2 likes

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