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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These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, are the highest-resolution pictures so far of the Martian moon Phobos.
These images show the Mars-facing side of the moon, taken from a distance of less than 200 kilometres with a resolution of about 22 metres per pixel during orbits 649 and 715,
These images were calculated from the HRSC Super Resolution Channel.