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

Hubble's close encounter with Mars

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Skywatchers see Mars bright this weekend

28/10/2005 893 views 0 likes

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Fly over the Chasma Boreale at Martian north pole

18/10/2005 5837 views 12 likes

Mars Express in orbit around Mars with the MARSIS antenna unfurled

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Mars Express mission extended

22/09/2005 2544 views 2 likes

Artist's impression of Mars Express

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Mars Express instrument under investigation

13/09/2005 1400 views 1 likes

Colour nadir view of Biblis Patera

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The Biblis Patera volcano

07/09/2005 6773 views 11 likes

MARSIS fully deployed

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Mars Express radar collects first surface data

05/08/2005 2955 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 96674 views 155 likes

Perspective view of Nicholson Crater central peak - looking west

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Nicholson Crater on Mars

15/07/2005 5597 views 11 likes

MARSIS fully deployed

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Mars Express radar ready to work

22/06/2005 6016 views 5 likes

Perspective view of Coprates Chasma and Catena - looking north

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Coprates Chasma and Coprates Catena

10/06/2005 6452 views 13 likes

First aurora ever detected on Mars

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Mars Express discovers aurorae on Mars

09/06/2005 12662 views 18 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 6658 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 1633 views 0 likes

MARSIS prospecting for water

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Deployment of second MARSIS boom delayed

09/05/2005 345 views 0 likes

Colour image of Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

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Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

09/05/2005 5436 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 1805 views 0 likes

Colour view of Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma up close

29/04/2005 930 views 0 likes

Colour view of Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma up close

29/04/2005 3673 views 6 likes

Colour image of Aureum Chaos

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The mesas of Aureum Chaos

22/04/2005 4087 views 2 likes

Perspective view of Medusa Fossae looking south-east

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The Medusa Fossae formation on Mars

29/03/2005 11491 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 5825 views 8 likes

Close-up of ice and dust at Martian north pole

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First Mars Express Science Conference summary

25/02/2005 791 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 9066 views 13 likes

Pack-ice on Mars?

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Mars Express media briefing on Friday 25 February

24/02/2005 656 views 0 likes

Pack-ice on Mars?

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

23/02/2005 7866 views 10 likes

View from orbit

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Science from Mars Express after one year in orbit

16/02/2005 850 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 5798 views 8 likes

MARSIS prospecting for water

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Green light for deployment of ESA's Mars Express radar

08/02/2005 2866 views 1 likes

Deployment of MARSIS boom 1

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See stages of MARSIS deployment

08/02/2005 2638 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 816 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 1684 views 3 likes

Perspective view of Claritas Fossae, looking north

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Fractures of Claritas Fossae

20/01/2005 1923 views 4 likes

Perspective view of Candor Chasma, looking north-west

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Walls of Candor Chasma

22/12/2004 5675 views 8 likes

Perspective view of Reull Vallis, looking south-east

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The channels of Reull Vallis

07/12/2004 3696 views 6 likes

Crater Hale in Argyre basin

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Crater Hale in Argyre basin

24/11/2004 13808 views 8 likes

Colour view of Coprates Catena

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Coprates Catena’s ‘collapsed’ structures

17/11/2004 3489 views 8 likes

Phobos in colour, close-up

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Martian moon Phobos in detail

11/11/2004 13429 views 24 likes

Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma, Valles Marineris, on Mars

03/11/2004 3382 views 4 likes

Colour view of Huygens crater rim

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Rim of Crater Huygens on Mars

19/10/2004 5567 views 9 likes

Martian 'dust devil' tracks

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Promethei Terra, southern highlands of Mars

12/10/2004 4105 views 4 likes

Claritas Fossae and Solis Planum, looking north

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The grabens of Claritas Fossae

05/10/2004 3429 views 9 likes

Mars Express in orbit

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Mars Express latest findings give hints about water loss in…

27/09/2004 2524 views 2 likes

Colour image of Ophir Chasma

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Ophir Chasma, part of Valles Marineris

27/09/2004 3508 views 3 likes

Water vapour concentration

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

20/09/2004 2693 views 3 likes

Perspective view of Solis Planum, looking south-east

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Solis Planum, Thaumasia region

10/09/2004 4956 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 4476 views 8 likes

Crater dunes

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Crater dunes in Argyre Planitia

23/08/2004 5768 views 7 likes

Location of Airy 0 crater on Mars

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Where is zero degrees longitude on Mars?

19/08/2004 22175 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 3333 views 7 likes

Perspective view of Olympus Mons caldera

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Olympus Mons caldera in perspective

11/08/2004 7134 views 18 likes

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