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Mars Express Mission Team

Mission Manager: P. Martin (based at ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Spain)

Project Scientist: D. Titov (based at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), The Netherlands)

 

Principal Investigators

Instrument Acronym Principal Investigator
High-Resolution Stereo Camera HRSC R. Jaumann, Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité OMEGA J.-P. Bibring, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale - IAS Orsay, France
Planetary Fourier Spectrometer PFS M. Giuranna, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy
Analyser of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms ASPERA M. Holmström, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
S. Barabash, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
Mars Radio Science Experiment MaRS M. Pätzold, Rheinishes Institut für Umweltforschung, Universität Cologne, Germany
Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars SPICAM F. Montmessin, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations spatiales (LATMOS), France
Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding MARSIS R. Orosei, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Italy
J. Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

 

Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) Team Lead

A. Sánchez-Lavega, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

 

Interdisciplinary Scientists

IDS Topic Affiliation
T. Duxbury Phobos, Deimos and small bodies investigations, Mars cartography George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
F. Forget Atmosphere and surface-atmosphere interaction Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique/CNRS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
A. Määttänen Climatology LATMOS, Université Versailles Saint‐Quentin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, Guyancourt, France
F. González-Galindo Aeronomy Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Granada, Spain

 

Science Ground Segment Team

The Science Ground Segment Team is located at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), in Villanueva de la Cañada, a suburb of Madrid, Spain.

  • A. Cardesín Moinelo (Science Ground Segment Manager)
  • M. Breitfellner (Science Operations Engineer)
  • D. Merritt (Science Operations Engineer)
  • J. Marin-Yaseli (Science Operations Engineer)
  • M. Castillo Fraile (Science Operations Engineer)
  • E. Grotheer (Archive Scientist)
  • M. Costa i Sitjà (SPICE & Auxiliary Data Support Engineer)
  • M. Völker (Research Fellow)
  • E. Ravanis (Young Graduate Trainee)

 

Ground Segment Team

The Ground Segment Team, or Mission Operations Centre (MOC), is located at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. In the list below, FCT is the Flight Control Team. The composition of the MOC team is as follows:

  • J. Godfrey (FCT, Spacecraft Operations Manager)
  • M. Bruno (FCT, Attitude and Orbit Control Engineer)
  • T. Dressler (FCT, Power Engineer)
  • A. Johnston (FCT, Mission Planning and Radio-Communications Engineer)
  • S. Wood (FCT, Data Handling and Systems Engineer)
  • R. Blake (FCT, Mission Planning Engineer)
  • L. Lucas (FCT, Mission Planning and Thermal Engineer)
  • M. Mueller (Flight Dynamics Manager)
  • G. Ravera (ESTRACK, Ground Operations Manager)
  • J. Howard (ESTRACK Operations Engineer)
  • A. Olchawa (Mission Control Systems Coordinator)

 

Last Update: 24 October 2019
19-Mar-2024 03:47 UT

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