10 DEC. 2003
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Mission Manager: Patrick Martin – based at ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Spain
Project Scientist: Colin Wilson – based at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), the Netherlands
Instrument principal investigators
Instrument | Acronym | Principal investigator |
High-Resolution Stereo Camera | HRSC | T. Roatsch, Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany |
Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité | OMEGA | J. Carter, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) and Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), France |
Planetary Fourier Spectrometer | PFS | M. Giuranna, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy |
Analyser of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms | ASPERA | M. Holmström, S. Barabash, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden |
Mars Radio Science Experiment | MaRS | M. Pätzold, Rheinishes Institut für Umweltforschung, Universität Cologne, Germany |
Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars | SPICAM | F. Montmessin, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations spatiales (LATMOS), France |
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding | MARSIS | PI: R. Orosei, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy Co-PI: J. Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA |
Visual Monitoring Camera | VMC | Team lead: A. Sánchez-Lavega, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain. |
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Mars Express has provided an unprecedented breadth and depth of information about Mars, from providing the most complete map of the chemical composition of the atmosphere, to tracing the history of water across the globe.
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