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Mars Express

Agency
ESA
Launched
2003
Type
orbiter
Status
active

NASA/JPL/MSSS · NASA media (public domain)

Overview

Scientific overview

Mars Express is a mars orbiter, operated by ESA, launched in 2003.

Mission

Agency
ESA
Launched
2003
Type
orbiter
Status
active

Gallery

Radargram of Mars North Polar Plateau from Mars Express

This radargram profile from ESA Mars Express and NASA Mars Global Surveyor orbiter shows data from the subsurface of Mars in the ice-rich north polar plateau of Mars.

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ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Rome/ASI/GSFC · NASA media (public domain)

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Observation

How this was captured

Source
NASA
Observation date
2005-05-19

Targets & destinations

Sources

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  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

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  • NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics

    Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.