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Better understanding of Earth’s atmospheric...
Long-term studies of ozone and water vapour in the atmosphere of Mars could lead to better understanding of atmospheric chemistry for the Earth. A new analysis of data from ESA...
News SciencesJuly 23, 2021 -
Unique use of ESA spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ data...
Using data originally gathered for spacecraft ‘housekeeping’ aboard ESA’s Rosetta and Mars Express missions, scientists have revealed how intense bursts of high-energy radiation,...
News SciencesJune 28, 2021 -
Mars water loss shaped by seasons and storms
Mars has lost most of its once plentiful water, with small amounts remaining in the planet’s atmosphere. ESA’s Mars Express now reveals more about where this water has gone,...
News SciencesMarch 22, 2021 -
Mars Express unlocks the secrets of curious cloud
When spring arrives in southern Mars, a cloud of water ice emerges near the 20-kilometre-tall Arsia Mons volcano, rapidly stretching out for many hundreds of kilometres before...
News SciencesMarch 9, 2021 -
ESA Mars orbiters support NASA Perseverance...
TGO will relay important data from Perseverance to Earth as soon as four hours after landing while Mars Express is monitoring the local conditions at the landing site, Jezero...
News SciencesFebruary 11, 2021 -
Creating chaos: Craters and collapse on Mars
This slice of Mars, seen here as imaged by Mars Express’ High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), shows signs of various intriguing processes, illustrating the incredible contrast...
News SciencesNovember 19, 2020 -
Mars Express finds more underground water on Mars
ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft has discovered 3 new ponds of liquid water buried under the ice in the south polar region of Mars.
News SciencesSeptember 28, 2020 -
Flight over the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover...
This video shows Jezero crater, the landing site of the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover on the Red Planet, based on images from ESA’s Mars Express mission.
News SciencesJuly 29, 2020 -
Flight over Korolev Crater on Mars
This movie, based on images taken by ESA’s Mars Express, showcases the 82 km wide Korolev crater on Mars.
News SciencesJuly 2, 2020 -
ESA scales down science mission operations amid...
In response to the escalating coronavirus pandemic, ESA has decided to further reduce on-site personnel at its mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
News SciencesMarch 24, 2020 -
Mars Express views Phobos phases
The sequence has been taken on 27 novembre 2019 at a distance of roughly 2 400 km.
News SciencesJanuary 6, 2020 -
ESA's Mars orbiters did not see latest...
The highest burst of methane recorded yet by Curiosity in June, neither recorded by Mars Express nor the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter.
News SciencesNovember 13, 2019 -
An ancient river observed by Mars Express
The Nirgal Vallis dried-up river system is analyzed in depth, litteraly.
News SciencesOctober 18, 2019 -
Mars Express confirms the detection of methane by...
The question is "Is the methane spike microbian or geological?"
News SciencesApril 2, 2019 -
The 15th birthday of Mars-Express
Launched on 2 June 2003, the european probe left Earth to orbit around Mars.
News SciencesJune 1, 2018 -
A film based on ESA’s Mars Express images...
This movie showcases the 102 km wide Neukum Crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
News ObservationMay 22, 2018 -
Two-year extensions confirmed for ESA's...
ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) has today confirmed two-year mission extensions for nine scientific missions in which the Agency is participating. This secures their...
News SciencesNovember 22, 2016 -
Rocket dust storms on Mars
One of the most exotic aspect of Mars atmosphere is the presence of microscopic grains of dust hanging in the air which play a crucial role in the climate of the planet. However,...
News Sciences Science and technologyJanuary 24, 2013
