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

Colour nadir view of Biblis Patera

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The Biblis Patera volcano

07/09/2005 6653 views 11 likes

MARSIS fully deployed

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Mars Express radar collects first surface data

05/08/2005 2861 views 2 likes

Perspective view of crater with water ice - looking east

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Water ice in crater at Martian north pole

28/07/2005 96102 views 155 likes

Perspective view of Nicholson Crater central peak - looking west

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Nicholson Crater on Mars

15/07/2005 5454 views 11 likes

MARSIS fully deployed

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Mars Express radar ready to work

22/06/2005 5897 views 5 likes

Perspective view of Coprates Chasma and Catena - looking north

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Coprates Chasma and Coprates Catena

10/06/2005 6282 views 11 likes

First aurora ever detected on Mars

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Mars Express discovers aurorae on Mars

09/06/2005 12473 views 17 likes

Perspective view of Chaos and Ares Vallis - looking north

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Ancient floods on Mars: Iani Chaos and Ares Vallis

01/06/2005 6539 views 10 likes

Mars Express, as seen by Mars Global Surveyor

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Mars Express photographed by Mars Global Surveyor

19/05/2005 1575 views 0 likes

MARSIS prospecting for water

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Deployment of second MARSIS boom delayed

09/05/2005 332 views 0 likes

Colour image of Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

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Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

09/05/2005 5341 views 7 likes

Mars Express in orbit around Mars with the MARSIS antenna unfurled

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Mars Express radar to be deployed in May

29/04/2005 1763 views 0 likes

Colour view of Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma up close

29/04/2005 907 views 0 likes

Colour view of Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma up close

29/04/2005 3615 views 6 likes

Colour image of Aureum Chaos

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The mesas of Aureum Chaos

22/04/2005 3995 views 2 likes

Perspective view of Medusa Fossae looking south-east

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The Medusa Fossae formation on Mars

29/03/2005 11246 views 14 likes

'Hourglass' shaped craters filled with traces of glacier

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‘Hourglass’ shaped craters filled with traces of glacier

18/03/2005 5708 views 7 likes

Close-up of ice and dust at Martian north pole

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First Mars Express Science Conference summary

25/02/2005 762 views 1 likes

Ice and dust at Martian north pole

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Glacial, volcanic and fluvial activity on Mars: latest imag…

25/02/2005 8955 views 13 likes

Pack-ice on Mars?

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Mars Express media briefing on Friday 25 February

24/02/2005 621 views 0 likes

Pack-ice on Mars?

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ESA’s Mars Express sees signs of a ‘frozen sea’

23/02/2005 7768 views 10 likes

View from orbit

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Science from Mars Express after one year in orbit

16/02/2005 797 views 0 likes

Melas, Candor and Ophir Chasmas in perspective

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Melas, Candor and Ophir Chasmas: centre of Valles Marineris

15/02/2005 5652 views 7 likes

MARSIS prospecting for water

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Green light for deployment of ESA's Mars Express radar

08/02/2005 2800 views 1 likes

Deployment of MARSIS boom 1

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See stages of MARSIS deployment

08/02/2005 2572 views 3 likes

Artist's impression of Beagle 2 approaching Mars.

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Publication of ESA/UK Commission of Inquiry into Beagle 2

03/02/2005 795 views 0 likes

Mars Express making a close pass over Mars.

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‘Nightglow’ seen in the upper atmosphere of Mars

31/01/2005 1640 views 3 likes

Perspective view of Claritas Fossae, looking north

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Fractures of Claritas Fossae

20/01/2005 1856 views 4 likes

Perspective view of Candor Chasma, looking north-west

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Walls of Candor Chasma

22/12/2004 5554 views 8 likes

Perspective view of Reull Vallis, looking south-east

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The channels of Reull Vallis

07/12/2004 3593 views 6 likes

Crater Hale in Argyre basin

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Crater Hale in Argyre basin

24/11/2004 13658 views 8 likes

Colour view of Coprates Catena

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Coprates Catena’s ‘collapsed’ structures

17/11/2004 3413 views 8 likes

Phobos in colour, close-up

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Martian moon Phobos in detail

11/11/2004 12963 views 24 likes

Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma, Valles Marineris, on Mars

03/11/2004 3301 views 4 likes

Colour view of Huygens crater rim

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Rim of Crater Huygens on Mars

19/10/2004 5411 views 8 likes

Martian 'dust devil' tracks

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Promethei Terra, southern highlands of Mars

12/10/2004 4024 views 4 likes

Claritas Fossae and Solis Planum, looking north

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The grabens of Claritas Fossae

05/10/2004 3339 views 9 likes

Mars Express in orbit

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Mars Express latest findings give hints about water loss in…

27/09/2004 2476 views 2 likes

Colour image of Ophir Chasma

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Ophir Chasma, part of Valles Marineris

27/09/2004 3414 views 3 likes

Water vapour concentration

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Water and methane maps overlap on Mars: a new clue?

20/09/2004 2621 views 3 likes

Perspective view of Solis Planum, looking south-east

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Solis Planum, Thaumasia region

10/09/2004 4776 views 7 likes

The southern part of Valles Marineris, called Eos Chasma

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Eos Chasma, part of Valles Marineris

30/08/2004 4375 views 8 likes

Crater dunes

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Crater dunes in Argyre Planitia

23/08/2004 5675 views 7 likes

Location of Airy 0 crater on Mars

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Where is zero degrees longitude on Mars?

19/08/2004 21866 views 80 likes

Colour image of Dao and Niger Valles

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The eroded valleys of Dao and Niger Valles

16/08/2004 3282 views 7 likes

Perspective view of Olympus Mons caldera

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Olympus Mons caldera in perspective

11/08/2004 6990 views 18 likes

Perspective view of scarp around Olympus Mons

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Escarpment and landslides of Olympus Mons

05/08/2004 13250 views 17 likes

Perspective view of deposits in Melas Chasma

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View of deposits in Melas Chasma on Mars

02/08/2004 3749 views 7 likes

Fractured crater near Valles Marineris

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Fractured crater near Valles Marineris

27/07/2004 3945 views 8 likes

'Yardangs' on the surface of Mars

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'Yardangs' on Mars

23/07/2004 5046 views 17 likes

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