Mission Team
The Mars Express Mission Team
The Mars Express mission manager and project/lead scientists are based at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
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F. Jansen, Mission Manager
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O. Witasse, Project Scientist
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A. Chicarro, Mars Lead Scientist
Principal Investigators
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Instrument |
Acronym |
Principal Investigator |
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High-Resolution Stereo Camera |
HRSC |
G. Neukum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
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Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité |
OMEGA |
J.-P. Bibring, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale - IAS Orsay, France |
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Planetary Fourier Spectrometer |
PFS |
M. Giuranna, Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy |
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Analyser of Space Plasma and Energetic Atoms |
ASPERA |
S. Barabash, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden |
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Mars Radio Science Experiment |
MaRS |
M. Pätzold, Rheinischen Institutes für Umweltforschung, Abteilung Planetenforschung, Germany |
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Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmosphere of Mars |
SPICAM |
F. Montmessin, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations spatiales (LATMOS), France |
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Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding |
MARSIS |
G. Picardi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy; J. Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA; R. Orosei, Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Italy
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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.
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P. Martin (Science Ground Segment Manager, at ESAC)
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A. Cardesin-Moinelo (Science Operations Engineer, at ESAC)
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P. Pardo Voss (Science Operations Engineer, at ESAC)
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S. Remus (Science Operations Engineer, at ESAC)
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N. Manaud (Archive Scientist, at ESAC)
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J.-L. Vazquez (Auxiliary Data Support, at ESAC)
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:
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M. Denis (FCT, Spacecraft Operations Manager [SOM])
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J. Godfrey (FCT, Deputy SOM)
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O. Reboud (FCT, Attitude and Orbit Control Engineer)
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K. van der Pols (FCT, Power Engineer)
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A. Johnston (FCT, Radio-Communications Engineer)
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D. Lakey (FCT, Data Handling Engineer)
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M. Shaw (FCT, Data Handling Team)
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E. Rabenau (FCT, Mission Planning Engineer)
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L. Lucas (FCT, Mission Planning and Thermal Engineer)
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J. Bauer (FCT, Mission Planning and AOCS Engineer)
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M. Mueller (Flight Dynamics Manager)
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G. Ravera (ESTRACK, Ground Operations Manager)
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J. Howard (ESTRACK Operations Engineer)
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P. Brabbin (Mission Control Systems Coordinator)
Last Update: 25 May 2013
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