These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, show the region of Libya Montes, south of the Isidis Planitia impact basin on Mars.
The HRSC obtained these images during orbit 922 with a ground resolution of approximately 14.3 metres per pixel at equatorial latitudes near longitude 81 East.
March 30th, 2006
ESA Mars Express Image: The Libya Montes valley on Mars
December 20th, 2005
Has Mars probe
The British scientist behind the failed Beagle 2 probe said Tuesday he believes he has located the craft
December 19th, 2005
Beagle 2 probe ‘spotted’ on Mars
The scientist behind the British Beagle 2 mission to the Red Planet says the craft may have been found in pictures of the Martian surface. Colin Pillinger says the images suggest the mission very nearly worked, but Beagle somehow failed to contact Earth. He thinks the craft may have hit the ground too hard – as the atmosphere was thinner than usual because of dust storms in that region of Mars. This may have damaged onboard instruments, preventing the call home.
December 1st, 2005
Buried craters and underground ice – Mars Express uncovers depths of Mars
For the first time in the history of planetary exploration, the MARSIS radar on board ESA’s Mars Express has provided direct information about the deep subsurface of Mars. First data include buried impact craters, probing of layered deposits at the north pole and hints of the presence of deep underground water-ice.
December 1st, 2005
Mars Express evidence for large aquifers on early Mars
Substantial quantities of liquid water must have been stably present in the early history of Mars. The findings of OMEGA, on board ESA’s Mars Express, have implications on the climatic history of the planet and the question of its ‘habitability’ at some point in its history. These conclusions were drawn thanks to data on Martian surface minerals obtained by OMEGA (Observatoire pour la Mineralogy, l’Eau, les Glaces et l’Activit
September 9th, 2005
Ice belt ‘encircled Mars equator’
Europe’s Mars Express probe may have found evidence for a band of ice that once spanned the Martian equator. A frozen sea and patterns of glacial activity on the planet may be a relic of this ancient belt of ice, says a top scientist. The ice may have formed just before five million years ago due to a change in the tilt of Mars.
August 5th, 2005
Mars Express radar collects first surface data
MARSIS, the sounding radar on board ESA
July 28th, 2005
Water ice in crater at Martian north pole
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA