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's atmosphere, surface and subsurface; Mars's moons Phobos and Deimos

10 m imaging resolution
8 instruments
1120 kg launch mass
2 decades of operation

Mars Express

MARSIS prospecting for water

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Deployment of second MARSIS boom delayed

09/05/2005 386 views 0 likes

Colour image of Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

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Crater Holden and Uzboi Vallis

09/05/2005 5615 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 1942 views 0 likes

Colour view of Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma up close

29/04/2005 1003 views 0 likes

Colour view of Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma up close

29/04/2005 3831 views 6 likes

Colour image of Aureum Chaos

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The mesas of Aureum Chaos

22/04/2005 4244 views 2 likes

Perspective view of Medusa Fossae looking south-east

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The Medusa Fossae formation on Mars

29/03/2005 11949 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 6038 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 936 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 9320 views 14 likes

Pack-ice on Mars?

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Mars Express media briefing on Friday 25 February

24/02/2005 742 views 0 likes

Pack-ice on Mars?

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

23/02/2005 8078 views 10 likes

View from orbit

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Science from Mars Express after one year in orbit

16/02/2005 942 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 6049 views 8 likes

MARSIS prospecting for water

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Green light for deployment of ESA's Mars Express radar

08/02/2005 3026 views 1 likes

Deployment of MARSIS boom 1

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See stages of MARSIS deployment

08/02/2005 2771 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 909 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 1784 views 3 likes

Perspective view of Claritas Fossae, looking north

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Fractures of Claritas Fossae

20/01/2005 2000 views 4 likes

Perspective view of Candor Chasma, looking north-west

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Walls of Candor Chasma

22/12/2004 5948 views 8 likes

Perspective view of Reull Vallis, looking south-east

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The channels of Reull Vallis

07/12/2004 3932 views 6 likes

Crater Hale in Argyre basin

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Crater Hale in Argyre basin

24/11/2004 14091 views 8 likes

Colour view of Coprates Catena

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Coprates Catena’s ‘collapsed’ structures

17/11/2004 3709 views 8 likes

Phobos in colour, close-up

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Martian moon Phobos in detail

11/11/2004 14333 views 25 likes

Tithonium Chasma

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Tithonium Chasma, Valles Marineris, on Mars

03/11/2004 3679 views 4 likes

Colour view of Huygens crater rim

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Rim of Crater Huygens on Mars

19/10/2004 5804 views 9 likes

Martian 'dust devil' tracks

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Promethei Terra, southern highlands of Mars

12/10/2004 4294 views 4 likes

Claritas Fossae and Solis Planum, looking north

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The grabens of Claritas Fossae

05/10/2004 3691 views 9 likes

Mars Express in orbit

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Mars Express latest findings give hints about water loss in…

27/09/2004 2650 views 2 likes

Colour image of Ophir Chasma

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Ophir Chasma, part of Valles Marineris

27/09/2004 3695 views 3 likes

Water vapour concentration

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

20/09/2004 2860 views 3 likes

Perspective view of Solis Planum, looking south-east

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Solis Planum, Thaumasia region

10/09/2004 5112 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 4685 views 8 likes

Crater dunes

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Crater dunes in Argyre Planitia

23/08/2004 5954 views 8 likes

Location of Airy 0 crater on Mars

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Where is zero degrees longitude on Mars?

19/08/2004 22851 views 83 likes

Colour image of Dao and Niger Valles

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The eroded valleys of Dao and Niger Valles

16/08/2004 3452 views 7 likes

Perspective view of Olympus Mons caldera

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Olympus Mons caldera in perspective

11/08/2004 7511 views 19 likes

Perspective view of scarp around Olympus Mons

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Escarpment and landslides of Olympus Mons

05/08/2004 14198 views 19 likes

Perspective view of deposits in Melas Chasma

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View of deposits in Melas Chasma on Mars

02/08/2004 3979 views 7 likes

Fractured crater near Valles Marineris

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Fractured crater near Valles Marineris

27/07/2004 4138 views 9 likes

'Yardangs' on the surface of Mars

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'Yardangs' on Mars

23/07/2004 5627 views 19 likes

Colour image of Hellas basin rim

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Northern rim of Hellas basin

08/07/2004 8331 views 16 likes

MARSIS prospecting for water

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MARSIS deployment on hold

24/06/2004 1214 views 0 likes

Colour image of Melas Chasma

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Melas Chasma, in Valles Marineris

22/06/2004 9370 views 16 likes

Fluvial surface features on Mangala Valles

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Evidence of flooding at Mangala Valles

09/06/2004 4016 views 9 likes

Arsia Mons volcano in 3D

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Arsia Mons volcano in 3D

24/05/2004 9469 views 16 likes

Beagle 2 lander is ejected from the Mars Express orbiter

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Beagle 2: lessons learned and the way forward

20/05/2004 1576 views 1 likes

(1) Acheron Fossae horsts and grabens in colour

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Deep faults and disrupted crater at Acheron Fossae

07/05/2004 4972 views 5 likes

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Mars Express image browser

01/05/2004 31706 views 48 likes

MARSIS main antenna

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Mars Express radar deployment postponed

29/04/2004 1250 views 0 likes

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