Canyon fly-through

Space science image of the week: Fly through part of the largest canyon on Mars
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At the foot of the Red Planet’s giant volcano

Hundreds of individual lava flows are seen frozen in time on the flanks of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System.

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Mars Express: Searching for life

Mars Express: Searching for life

06-06-2013 12:55 PM CEST

On 2 June 2003 dawned a new era for the European Space Agency. 

From Baikonur Mars Express was the first planetary probe of the European Space Agency, sent a Russian Soyuz rocket on their trip to our neighboring red planet. 

On 25 December of the same year, they swung into orbit around Mars. Since then she has traveled more than 12.000mal him and her seven scientific instruments provide a reliable stream of data that can be our neighboring planets appear in a new light.

The floodwaters of Mars

The floodwaters of Mars

06-06-2013 11:00 AM CEST

Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1.55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA's Mars Express.

European Space Agency YouTube Update

Mars Express Full Orbit Video 2.0

05-06-2013 07:24 PM CEST

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Mars Express: a new and enhanced Full Orbit Video generated by multiple images acquired by the VMC camera - the Mars Webcam - on board ESA's Mars Express This version is a special 'MEX birthday preview'. 

We'll post a somewhat extended version late next week, to coincide with the next expected VMC image set arriving from Mars (for news, follow the VMC blog http://blogs.esa.int/vmc) 

Thanks to the Mars Express Science operations teams for generating a fabulous, unique-in-our-Solar-System view of the Red planet. And happy Birthday, Mars Express!

European Space Agency YouTube Update

Faces of ESA

04-06-2013 07:36 PM CEST

Reinhold Ewald - A career in space

Mars Express Full Orbit Video 2.0

04-06-2013 07:11 PM CEST

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Mars Express: a new and enhanced Full Orbit Video genarted by multiple images acquired by the VMC camera - the Mars Webcam - on board ESA's Mars Express 

This version is a special 'MEX birthday preview'. We'll post a somewhat extended version late next week, to coincide with the next expected VMC image set arriving from Mars (for news, follow the VMC blog http://blogs.esa.int/vmc) 

Thanks to the Mars Express Science operations teams for generating a fabulous, unique-in-our-Solar-System view of the Red planet. And happy Birthday, Mars Express!

European Space Agency YouTube Update

Mars Express ten year highlights

03-06-2013 07:32 PM CEST

The journey of Mars Express, from drawing board through launch, to its key science highlights during ten years of operations. 

With its suite of seven instruments, Mars Express has studied the subsurface of the Red Planet to the upper atmosphere and beyond to the two tiny moons Phobos and Deimos, providing an in depth analysis of the planet's history and returning stunning 3D images.

European Space Agency Flickr Update

Mars north polar ice cap

03-06-2013 10:24 AM CEST

The north polar ice cap of Mars, presented as a mosaic of 57 separate images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA's Mars Express. The ice cap spans approximately 1000 km and is seen here in polar stereographic projection.

The images were taken throughout the entire mission, when Mars Express was at its closest to Mars along its orbit, at about 300-500 km altitude.

The mosaic was published as space science image of the week on the occasion of the tenth anniversary since the mission launched on 2 June 2003.

Ten years at Mars: new global views plot the Red Planet’s history

Ten years at Mars: new global views plot the Red Planet's history

03-06-2013 11:00 AM CEST

New global maps of Mars released on the 10th anniversary of the launch of ESA's Mars Express trace the history of water and volcanic activity on the Red Planet, and identify sites of special interest for the next generation of Mars explorers.

Crowning glory

Crowning glory

03-06-2013 09:54 AM CEST

Space science image of the week: Celebrating ten years of Mars Express with a new view of the Red Planet's north polar ice cap

Mars webcast

Mars webcast

29-05-2013 05:06 PM CEST

Watch a live webcast on Monday, 3 June, marking the 10th anniversary of ESA's Mars Express. 11:00 CEST start

Call for Media: Celebrating 10 years of Mars Express discoveries

Call for Media: Celebrating 10 years of Mars Express discoveries

24-05-2013 02:00 PM CEST

Media representatives are invited to a briefing at ESA's operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany on Monday 3 June, marking the tenth anniversary of the launch of ESA's Mars Express. 

The event will highlight the key scientific discoveries of the mission and will unveil a new mineral atlas that charts the geological history of Mars.