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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
Mars Express

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Cryptic terrain in Australe Scopuli on Mars
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Cryptic Mars, a land shaped by ice

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Caralis Chaos as seen by ESA’s Mars Express
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Take a trip to Mars’s largest lake

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A snaking scar on Mars
Science & Exploration

A snaking scar on Mars

03/07/2024 14405 views 71 likes
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Newfound frost atop Olympus Mons
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Frosty volcanoes discovered in Mars’s tropics

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Mars Inca City
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Signs of spiders from Mars

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    Aonia Terra on Mars

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    Tantalus Fossae on Mars

    28/04/2022 3164 views 23 likes
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    Utopia Planitia on Mars

    30/03/2022 5392 views 90 likes
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    The Medusae Fossae formation

    23/02/2022 2007 views 43 likes
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    The Medusae Fossae formation

Mars Express overview