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    Mars Express' MARSIS radar deployed over Mars

    Date: 06 Feb 2012
    Satellite: Mars Express
    Copyright: ESA, C. Carreau

    Mars Express has used its MARSIS radar to give strong evidence for a former ocean of Mars. The radar was deployed on the spacecraft in 2005 and has been collecting data from the subsurface ever since.


    Last Update: 06 Feb 2012

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