A European Space Agency robotic orbiter, ESA's first mission to another planet, launched on 2 June 2003 to study Mars and its moons. Although its accompanying Beagle 2 lander failed to fully deploy after landing, the orbiter has operated for over two decades, conducting high-resolution imaging, mineralogical mapping, atmospheric studies and subsurface radar analysis, with its mission extended into the late 2020s.
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Mission TypeRobotic Mars orbiter mission 1 OutcomeOngoing; the orbiter remains operational after more than two decades at Mars, extended through at least 2026 with a provisional extension to 2028, despite the Beagle 2 lander's failure. 1 Mission Type
Mission Type (category) Mission Type (category)Robotic / Uncrewed Mission 1 Connections
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Additional Source Mars Express (Wikipedia)Wikipedia: Mars Express, lead section
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Source Wikipedia: Phobos (moon)
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Mission Type (category): Orbiter
- Mission Type (category): Robotic / Uncrewed Mission
- Mission Type: Robotic Mars orbiter mission
- Launch Date: 2003-06-02
- Outcome: Ongoing; the orbiter remains operational after more than two decades at Mars, extended through at least 2026 with a provisional extension to 2028, despite the Beagle 2 lander's failure.
2. Mars Express (Wikipedia)
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Mars Express consisted of two parts, the Mars Express Orbiter and Beagle 2, a lander
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is a space exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) exploring the planet Mars and its moons since 2003
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Although the lander failed to fully deploy after it landed on the Martian surface, the orbiter has been successfully performing scientific measurements since early 2004
Wikipedia: Mars Express, lead section
Mars Express is a space exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) exploring the planet Mars and its moons since 2003, and the first planetary mission attempted by ESA.
In Group: Mars Missions of Other Space Agencies, Lead sentence
Mars Express is a space exploration mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) exploring the planet Mars and its moons since 2003, and the first planetary mission attempted by ESA.
View the SourceBeagle 2 (Wikipedia)
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transported by the European Space Agency's 2003 Mars Express mission
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transported by the European Space Agency's 2003 Mars Express mission
View the SourceMars (Wikipedia)
Targets: Mars, Article textQuote, Targets: Mars, Article text
Both Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Express have detected ionized atmospheric particles trailing off into space behind Mars, and this atmospheric loss is being studied by the MAVEN orbiter.
Wikipedia: Phobos (moon)
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Analysis of results from the Mars Express spacecraft revealed that the grooves are not radial to Stickney, but are centered on the leading apex of Phobos in its orbit (which is not far from Stickney).
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