The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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Operations and science highlights from ESA’s Mars Express mission, which celebrated 10 years since launch on 2 June 2013.
The central image of Mars is composed from images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) images, which has mapped around 95% of the planet’s surface. The images of Phobos and Deimos were also taken by the HRSC.