Mars 96’s scientific legacy continued through instrument teams that later contributed to Mars Express, which launched in 2003.
Researchers combined high resolution color and stereo images from CaSSIS, Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to reconstruct the ancient Martian ocean.
The European Space Agency (ESA) operates Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in Mars orbit.
Mars Express's observations have contributed to scientific understanding of Martian geology, climate history, and water distribution.
Mars Express has been orbiting Mars since 2003, building a global data set of the planet's surface in colour, stereo, and at high spatial resolution.
Marte presenta segni di antiche ere glaciali, evidenti in immagini della High Resolution Stereo Camera a bordo della sonda Mars Express dell'ESA.
For Mars Express, up to nine staggered channels captured small time offsets that enabled precise motion estimation.
The study trained a neural network to detect dust devils in Mars Express images acquired since 2004 and ExoMars CaSSIS images since 2016.
CaSSIS has achieved unprecedented clarity at 18 metres per pixel, surpassing previous limb observations by Mars Express.
The ESA's Mars Express attempted to capture images of the likely comet using its OMEGA and SPICAM spectrometers, but has not succeeded so far.
The new antenna will support current flagship ESA missions including Juice, Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, Mars Express, and Hera.
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express had the closest view of comet 3I/ATLAS of all spacecraft.
The New Norcia 3 antenna will support current ESA flagship missions such as Juice, Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, Mars Express, and Hera.
The new deep space antenna will support ESA's flagship missions, including Juice, Solar Orbiter, BepiColombo, Mars Express, and Hera, when it becomes operational in 2026.
Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter will observe the comet 3I/ATLAS around its closest approach to Mars on 3 October 2025.
Aurorae on Mars have previously been observed in ultraviolet from orbit by ESA's Mars Express and NASA's MAVEN missions.
ESA’s Mars Express HRSC and OMEGA instruments provided data and expertise to support characterization and selection of the Tianwen-1 landing sites.
NASA spent $2,800,000 supporting ESA’s Mars Express orbiter mission in fiscal year 2019 and plans to end NASA support for Mars Express by the summer following a poor showing in a senior review of extended missions.