Mars Express
(Mars probe launched by ESA in 2003)
The Mars Express
is a Mars probe launched into Mars orbit in 2003 by the European Space Agency
and has been in operation through 2015 and beyond.
A lander called Beagle 2 failed to land.
Instruments:
- MARSIS - Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding.
- OMEGA - Observatoire pour la Minéralogie, l'Eau, les Glaces et l'Activité.
- SPICAM - ultraviolet and infrared atmospheric spectrometer.
- PFS - Planetary Fourier Spectrometer.
- ASPERA - Analyzer of Space plasmas and Energetic Atoms.
- HRSC - High Resolution Stereo Camera.
- MELACOM - Mars Express Lander Communications.
- MaRS - Mars Radio Science Experiment.
(Mars,probe,spacecraft,ESA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Express
Referenced by:
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Centre national d'ètudes spatiales (CNES)
European Space Agency (ESA)
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