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Investigating the Red Planet

Mars Express

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
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Phobos
Science & Exploration

Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos

30/07/2008 8278 views 2 likes
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Phobos
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Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon

16/07/2008 2626 views 2 likes
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Echus Chasma, nadir view
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Echus Chasma

14/07/2008 16718 views 21 likes
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Perspective view of Echus Chasma
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Echus Chasma, page two

14/07/2008 7899 views 20 likes
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Listen to Phoenix descend

28/05/2008 5261 views 4 likes
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Phoenix lands successfully
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First images from Phoenix Mars lander

26/05/2008 3536 views 3 likes
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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 2095 views 1 likes
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Mars Express in orbit around Mars
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Timeline: Mars Express support to Phoenix landing

22/05/2008 1779 views 0 likes
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Artist's impression of parachute deployment during Phoenix's descent to Mars
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Mars Express mission controllers ready for NASA Phoenix lan…

20/05/2008 694 views 0 likes
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Crater in Mamers Valles
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Crater in martian valley Mamers Valles

16/05/2008 2957 views 5 likes
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Oleg Korablev
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Interview: The martian water cycle and climate

14/05/2008 2292 views 8 likes
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Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater
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Interviews: the martian water cycle and climate

14/05/2008 1562 views 0 likes
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Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater
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Water on Mars

14/05/2008 17660 views 65 likes
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Interview: Frost and ice below the martian surface

14/05/2008 1088 views 2 likes
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Mars Express in orbit around Mars
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Artificial intelligence boosts science from Mars

29/04/2008 1998 views 2 likes
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Nepenthes Mensae
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River delta in Nepenthes Mensae

25/04/2008 2614 views 3 likes
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Radar sounding is opening up a planet’s third dimension
Science & Exploration

Mars radar opens up a planet’s third dimension

17/04/2008 4206 views 3 likes
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Hebes Chasma
Science & Exploration

Hebes Chasma, a trough in the Grand Canyon of Mars

28/03/2008 10248 views 24 likes
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Daedalia Planum
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Mars Express reveals the Red Planet’s volcanic past

14/03/2008 4372 views 3 likes
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Promethei Planum
Science & Exploration

Icy Promethei Planum

12/03/2008 5114 views 9 likes
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Interaction between Venus and the solar wind
Science & Exploration

Mars and Venus are surprisingly similar

05/03/2008 28904 views 17 likes
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Mars Express
Enabling & Support

Mars Express one of three orbiters preparing for Phoenix la…

28/02/2008 1851 views 1 likes
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Candor Chasma in false colour
Science & Exploration

Deep valleys of Candor Chasma

15/02/2008 5347 views 18 likes
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Olympus Mons, ortho-image
Science & Exploration

ESA presents Mars in 3D

05/02/2008 6921 views 17 likes
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Terby crater in false colour
Science & Exploration

Traces of the martian past in the Terby crater

25/01/2008 3412 views 10 likes
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Carbon-dioxide ice cloud on Mars
Science & Exploration

Ice clouds put Mars in the shade

16/01/2008 7969 views 8 likes
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A dust storm on Mars
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Mars Express watches a dust storm engulf Mars

11/12/2007 2869 views 2 likes
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Noctis Labyrinthus
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Noctis Labyrinthus, labyrinth of the night

30/11/2007 9941 views 26 likes
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Mars Express
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Mars Express - 5000 orbits and counting

23/11/2007 2234 views 0 likes
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Residual water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater
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Mars and the search for traces of life

16/11/2007 423 views 0 likes
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MARSIS sending signals and receiving echoes
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Mars Express: First global map of martian ionosphere

16/11/2007 2902 views 3 likes
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Stellar occultation at Venus
Science & Exploration

Setting stars reveal planetary secrets

05/11/2007 2855 views 3 likes
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MARSIS fully deployed
Science & Exploration

Mars Express probes the Red Planet’s most unusual deposits

01/11/2007 2198 views 2 likes
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Maunder Crater
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Hummocky and shallow Maunder crater

16/10/2007 3455 views 4 likes
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Tiu Valles
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The mysterious ridges at the mouth of Tiu Valles

12/09/2007 3854 views 7 likes
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Mars Express
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Interplanetary networking: ESA’s Mars Express will keep an …

01/08/2007 2113 views 0 likes
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Tyrrhena Terra Impact Crater
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Impact Craters in Tyrrhena Terra

31/07/2007 3653 views 5 likes
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Ice at the South Pole of Mars
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The origin of perennial water-ice at the South Pole of Mars

13/07/2007 4929 views 2 likes
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Tectonic transition zone, Aeolis Mensae
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Tectonic signatures at Aeolis Mensae

28/06/2007 3322 views 5 likes
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Deuteronilus Mensae region on Mars
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Breathtaking views of Deuteronilus Mensae on Mars

21/05/2007 6527 views 12 likes
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The contrast: Venus, Earth and Mars
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Climate catastrophes in the Solar System

26/04/2007 2990 views 3 likes
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Bright lower echo from Mars’ south-polar layered deposits
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Mars Express radar gauges water quantity around Mars’ south…

15/03/2007 4086 views 5 likes
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Artist's impression of Venus Express
Science & Exploration

The planetary adventure continues - Mars Express and Venus …

27/02/2007 2640 views 1 likes
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Topographic map of Mars at 1:200 000
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The first hiking maps of Mars

12/02/2007 13221 views 20 likes
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Subsurface echoes from Chryse Planitia plains
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Mars Express scientists find a different Mars underneath

13/12/2006 3640 views 1 likes
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New gully deposit in a crater in the Centauri Montes region
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Spacecraft fleet zeroing in on Martian water reserves

07/12/2006 2003 views 8 likes
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Cydonia - the Face on Mars movie
Science & Exploration

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

23/10/2006 26914 views 31 likes
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Cryptic region on Martian south polar cap
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Decoding Mars’s Cryptic Region

19/10/2006 2477 views 3 likes
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Glacial feature in Deuteronilus Mensae
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Mars Express and the story of water on Mars

16/10/2006 5875 views 7 likes
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Mars Express entering eclipse around Mars
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Mars Express successfully powers through eclipse season

26/09/2006 3204 views 0 likes
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