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Mars Express: Korolev Crater

Posted on December 20, 2018 by rburnham

This image shows what appears to be a large patch of fresh, untrodden snow – a dream for any lover of the holiday season. However, it’s a little too distant for a last-minute winter getaway: this feature, known as Korolev … Continue reading →

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ESA: Self-driving rovers tested in Mars-like Morocco

Posted on December 20, 2018 by rburnham

Robots invaded the Sahara Desert for Europe’s largest rover field test, taking place in a Mars-like part of Morocco. For two weeks three rovers and more than 40 engineers tested automated navigation systems at up to five different sites. This … Continue reading →

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Mars Express: Shaping the surface with water, wind, and ice

Posted on November 23, 2018 by rburnham

ESA’s Mars Express has imaged an intriguing part of the Red Planet’s surface: a rocky, fragmented, furrowed escarpment lying at the boundary of the northern and southern hemisphere. This region is an impressive example of past activity on the planet … Continue reading →

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Mars Express: Greeley Crater in Noachis Terra

Posted on October 26, 2018 by rburnham

The surface of Mars may appear to be perpetually still, but its many features are ever-changing – as represented in this Mars Express view of the severely eroded Greeley impact crater. Greeley crater, named for the renowned planetary scientist Ronald … Continue reading →

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Mars Express: Recent tectonics on Mars

Posted on September 20, 2018 by rburnham

These prominent trenches were formed by faults that pulled the planet’s surface apart less than 10 million years ago. The images were taken by ESA’s Mars Express on 27 January, and capture part of the Cerberus Fossae system in the … Continue reading →

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InSight: Taking Mars’ internal temperature

Posted on August 28, 2018 by rburnham

Ambitious climbers, forget Mt. Everest. Dream about Mars. The Red Planet has some of the tallest mountains in the solar system. They include Olympus Mons, a volcano nearly three times the height of Everest. It borders a region called the … Continue reading →

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Mars Express: As the dust storm rolled in

Posted on July 19, 2018 by rburnham

The high resolution stereo camera on board ESA’s Mars Express captured this impressive upwelling front of dust clouds – visible in the right half of the frame – near the north polar ice cap of Mars in April this year. … Continue reading →

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Mars Express: From horizon to horizon

Posted on June 1, 2018 by rburnham

Fifteen years ago, ESA’s Mars Express was launched to investigate the Red Planet. To mark this milestone comes a striking view of Mars from horizon to horizon, showcasing one of the most intriguing parts of the martian surface. On 2 … Continue reading →

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HRSC: Flight over Neukum Crater

Posted on May 17, 2018 by rburnham

This movie, based on images taken by ESA’s Mars Express, showcases the 102 km wide Neukum Crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The crater is named for the German physicist and planetary scientist, Gerhard Neukum, one of the founders … Continue reading →

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InSight: Pre-launch briefing videocast

Posted on May 4, 2018 by rburnham

InSight, the first planetary mission to take off from the West Coast, is targeted to launch at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT) on May 5 from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California, aboard a … Continue reading →

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