Mars Express
ESA’s Mars Express mission studies Mars geology, atmosphere, subsurface water, and climate from orbit while supporting communications with surface missions.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Mars Express missionMEX
- Name
- Mars Express
- Status
- active
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- Description
- ESA’s Mars Express mission studies Mars geology, atmosphere, subsurface water, and climate from orbit while supporting communications with surface missions.
- Destination
- Mars orbit after the 25 December 2003 insertion for global imaging and mineral mapping, atmospheric and subsurface studies, Phobos and Deimos investigations, and relay support for surface missions
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful and operational. Mars Express has operated at Mars since 2003, mapping the planet in colour and 3D while studying its atmosphere, surface, subsurface, climate, and moons and supporting communications with surface missions. ESA credits it with the most complete map of Mars’s atmospheric chemical composition, detailed studies of Phobos, and tracing the planet’s water history.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2003-06-02
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- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:59:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 8, 2026 at 10:18:25 UTC
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