Mission Team
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 |
| 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