ESA Science & Technology - One Martian Year in Orbit - The Science from Mars Express

Publication date: 15 February 2006

Authors: Chicarro, A.

Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 125
Page: 16-19
Year: 2006

Copyright: ESA

Mars Express, launched in June 2003 and in orbit around Mars since December that year, has been continuing its investigations, painting a new picture of the 'Red Planet'. This includes the first-ever probing below the surface of Mars, new geological clues with implications for the climate, newly-discovered surface and atmospheric features and, above all, the presence of abundant water ice on this world.