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    Mars Express
    The Scientific Investigations

    Publication date: 15 Jun 2009

    Journal: ESA Special Publication
    Volume: SP-1291
    Page: 1-281
    Year: 2009

    Copyright: ESA

    This ESA special publication is dedicated to the scientific investigations of Mars by Mars Express, giving a detailed overview of the scientific results of the mission so far.

    Contents:

    Foreword
    Overview
    Mars Express: Summary of Scientific Results
    A. Chicarro, O.G. Witasse & A.P. Rossi
    1
    Scientific Instruments
    HRSC: High Resolution Stereo Camera
    G. Neukum, R. Jaumann and the Co-Investigator Team
    15
    OMEGA: Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité
    J.-P. Bibring, Y. Langevin, F. Altieri et al.
    75
    MARSIS: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding
    J.J. Plaut, G. Picardi, T.W. Watters et al.
    97
    PFS: Planetary Fourier Spectrometer
    V. Formisano, F. Angrilli, G. Arnold et al.
    115
    SPICAM: Spectroscopy for the Investigation of the Characteristics of the Atmospheric of Mars
    J.-L. Bertaux, O. Korablev, D. Fonteyn et al.
    139
    ASPERA-3: Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Neutral Atoms
    R. Lundin, S. Barabash and the ASPERA-3 team
    199
    MaRS: Mars Express Radio Science Experiment
    M. Pätzold, S. Tellmann, T. Andert et al.
    217
    Operations and Archiving
    Mars Express Science Planning and Operations
    R. Pischel & T. Zegers
    249
    Spacecraft and Payload Data Handling
    J. Zender, F. Delhaise, C. Arviset et al.
    257
    Acronyms and Abbreviations279

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    • ESA SP-1291: Mars Express - The Scientific Investigations

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