#mars-express — Public Fediverse posts

#ESA:
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Metallic waves on ancient Mars
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".. Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind.

This month’s snapshot of Mars, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) .."

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Metallic_waves_on_ancient_Mars

15.7.2026

#DLR #FUBerlin #HRSC #KaiserCrater #Krater #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #NoachisTerra #Planetologie #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight

Dutzende Staubteufel, die nicht leicht zu entdecken sind
Die Sonde „Mars Express“ der ESA hat einen Teil der Mamers Valles auf dem Mars eingefangen: ein faszinierendes Talsystem, das von kurzen, tornadoähnlichen Wirbelstürmen übersät ist, die als Staubteufel bekannt sind. Pressemitteilung ESA. #marsexpress
https://www.raumfahrer.net/dutzende-staubteufel-die-nicht-leicht-zu-entdecken-sind/

Cloudy Mars: Olympus and Tharsis, ESA Mars Express HRSC

Massive 220MP image on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2seL8ss
Credit: ESA/ @DLR / FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY CC BY

2025-08-02
North is down (sorry!)
HR242_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3

Notes: orographic dust cloud over Olympus Mons and a double annular cyclone across Vastitas Borealis near the north polar cap.

#Space #Astronomy #Mars #Solarocks #MarsExpress #ESA

The #Mars Relay Network (#MRN) is an international constellation of spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet 🔴 that send #science data from surface rovers back to Earth

• #MarsOdyssey ~ 170.4 Mb/day
• #MRO ~ 447.5 Mb/day
• #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter ~ 1,562.7 Mb/day
• #MarsExpress - #ESA backup orbiter
https://science.nasa.gov/mars/mars-relay-network/

2021, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out experimental #communication 📶 tests with the Chinese (#CNSA) #Zhurong Mars rover https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/A_one-way_phone_call_at_Mars

#SpaceCommunication

Active #Mars 🔴 missions

• #Perseverance 🇺🇸 🛞
• #Curiosity 🇺🇸 🛞

• #Zhurong 🇨🇳 🛞🪫*

• #MarsOdyssey 🇺🇸 🛰️ 📶
• #Tianwen1 🇨🇳 🛰️ 📶
• #Hope 🇦🇪 🛰️ 📶
• #ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter 🇪🇺🇷🇺 🛰️ 📶
• #MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 🇺🇸 🛰️ 📶
• #MarsExpress 🇪🇺 🛰️ 📶
• #ESCAPADE 🇺🇸 🛰️ 📶

• #MAVEN 🇺🇸 🛰️ 🔇 **

*🪫likely too much dust on its solar panels to generate power
** 🔇likely unrecoverable but not yet declared inactive

Active, past, future missions : https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/every-mars-mission

Picture CC BY-NC 3.0 https://www.planetary.org/space-images/the-mars-exploration-family-portrait

Mars - High Altitude Clouds over Terra Cimmeria - ESA Mars Express ❔🪐

#astronomy #clouds #esa #mars #marsexpress #space #terracimmeria

▶️ 1 new picture from Individuals (Flickr) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_-_High_Altitude_Clouds_over_Terra_Cimmeria_-_ESA_Mars_Express_%2855274343929%29.jpg

#DLR:
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Das Chaos von Shalbatana Vallis im Fokus der HRSC-Marskamera
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"Neue Bilder der dt. Stereokamera HRSC zeigen den Mittellauf des Kanals Shalbatana Vallis in der Region Xanthe Terra auf dem Mars.
Das über tausend km lange Tal entwässerte einst mit einem energiereichen Strom das Marshochland und hinterließ dabei sogenannte „chaotische Gebiete“ .."

https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2026/dlr-marskamera-zeigt-chaotisches-gebiet-shalbata-vallis

13.5.2026

#FUBerlin #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #ShalbatanaVallis #SpaceFlight #XantheTerra

#ESA:
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Asche breitet sich über dem Mars aus
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"Wahrnehmbare Veränderungen auf dem Mars brauchen oft Millionen von Jahren, doch die Sonde Mars Express der ESA hat eingefangen, wie sich eine Decke aus dunkler Asche innerhalb weniger Jahrzehnte über den Planeten ausbreitet."

https://www.esa.int/Space_in_Member_States/Germany/Asche_breitet_sich_ueber_dem_Mars_aus

15.4.2026

#Asche #FUBerlin #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Olivin #Planetologie #Pyroxen #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #UtopiaPlanitia #Vulkanismus

#DLR:
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Das „helle Geheimnis“ des Kraters Trouvelot auf dem Mars
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"Neue Bilder der deutschen Stereokamera HRSC zeigen den Krater Trouvelot in der Marsregion Arabia Terra.
Besonders auffällig sind seine terrassenförmigen Wände, dunkle Sanddünen und ein heller Hügel am Kraterboden."

https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2026/das-helle-geheimnis-des-kraters-trouvelot-auf-dem-mars

4.3.2026

#ArabiaTerra #FUBerlin #HRSC #Krater #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #Schwefel #Trouvelot

Mars - Promethei Terra - ESA Mars Express 🪐

#astronomy #cloud #esa #mars #marsexpress #space

▶️ 1 new picture from @andrealuck https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars_-_Promethei_Terra_-_ESA_Mars_Express_%2855097672064%29.jpg

#DLR:
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Flug um den Flaugergues-Krater auf dem Mars
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"Ein neues Video zeigt einen virtuellen Rundflug um den Mars-Krater „Flaugergues“.
Diese Einschlagstruktur hat einen Durchmesser von 245 Kilometern und befindet sich im südlichen Marshochland. .."

https://www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2026/flug-um-den-flaugergues-krater-auf-dem-mars

4.2.2026

#ESA #Flaugergues #FUBerlin #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight

#UniBE:
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Mars war zur Hälfte bedeckt von einem Ozean
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"Mithilfe von Bildern von Kameras auf Mars-Orbitern entdeckte ein internationales Forschungsteam unter der Leitung der Universität Bern Strukturen auf dem Mars, die grosse Ähnlichkeiten mit klassischen Flussdeltas auf der Erde aufweisen. .."

https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmitteilungen/2026/medienmitteilungen_2026/mars_war_zur_haelfte_bedeckt_von_einem_ozean/index_ger.html

12.1.2026

#CaSSIS #Delta #ExoMarxTGO #Geologie #H2O #INAF #Mars #MarsExpress #MRO #Planetologie #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #TGO #VallesMarineris #Wasser

Sandgestrahltes auf dem Mars
Marswinde können erhebliche Auswirkungen haben. Die Sonde Mars Express der ESA hat beobachtet, wie sie Sandkörner aufwirbeln und wie ein kosmischer Sandstrahler wirken, der faszinierende Rillen in der Nähe des Marsäquators hinterlässt. Pressemitteilung ESA. #marsexpress
https://www.raumfahrer.net/sandgestrahltes-auf-dem-mars/

This is what it would look like to fly over the Martian North Pole aboard the ESA Mars Express orbiter.

This sequence of 117 images was captured by the VMC camera on June 14th, 2019 over the course of 3 hours and is played a 1200x speed.

Credit: ESA/Simeon Schmauß

https://flic.kr/p/2rQAPdw

#ESA #Mars #VMC #MarsExpress #Solarocks #space

Stunning Photos Capture Martian Moon Hovering Above the Red Planet’s Surface https://petapixel.com/2026/01/02/stunning-photos-capture-martian-moon-hovering-above-the-red-planets-surface/ #europeanspaceagency #vallesmarineris #marsexpress #redplanet #phobos #Space #News #mars

Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/.

“Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP

Download full size 300MP here: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/sizes/o/ See license below

Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

Mission: ESA Mars Express
Image created processing data from: psa.esa.int

North is approx on the top right side

Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 27083
Date: 2025-06-17
Raw Data:
HR083_0000_ND3
HR083_0000_GR3
HR083_0000_BL3

Notes: Phobos is at its original location as seen in the ND filter image HR083_0000_ND3, because it shifted during the different exposure times in the other filters.

Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en”

https://piefed.social/c/astrophotography/p/1592695/phobos-over-mars-tharsis-and-valles-marineris-esa-mars-express-300mp

Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/.

“Phobos Over Mars - Tharsis and Valles Marineris - ESA Mars Express 300MP

Download full size 300MP here: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54997401734/sizes/o/ See license below

Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

Mission: ESA Mars Express
Image created processing data from: psa.esa.int

North is approx on the top right side

Instrument: HRSC
Orbit: 27083
Date: 2025-06-17
Raw Data:
HR083_0000_ND3
HR083_0000_GR3
HR083_0000_BL3

Notes: Phobos is at its original location as seen in the ND filter image HR083_0000_ND3, because it shifted during the different exposure times in the other filters.

Feel free to share, giving the appropriate credit and providing a link to the original image: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en”

https://piefed.social/c/photography/p/1592681/phobos-over-mars-tharsis-and-valles-marineris-esa-mars-express-300mp

New capture of the Arsia Mons orographic cloud by #MarsExpress VMC cam. Courtesy of @Landru79 on bsky (https://bsky.app/profile/landru79.bsky.social/post/3ma777iksps25)

2024-05-31 MEX MARS VMC CALIBRATED DATA EXT9 V1.0

PRODUCER: ELENI RAVANIS AND JORGE HERNANDEZ-BERNAL

ESA - European Space Agency, / j. Roger

Mars orbiter sees 'butterfly' crater spread its wings on the Red Planet
https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/mars-orbiter-sees-butterfly-crater-spread-its-wings-on-the-red-planet
#space #mars #esa #marsExpress

German/French TV station #ARTE has an interesting mini series about the history and rivalry of 3 major economic centers: Amsterdam, London, New York.

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/069809-001-A/1585-1650-the-golden-age/

I loved the 3D maps and watercolor animations. According to the credits #VFX were done by French studio Mac Guff (macguff.com) and a company called Beau et Bien Habillés. Since that basically means "well-dressed" it's hard to find them on the internet. Their portfolio seems to be at bebh.fr. They worked on #MarsExpress!

Show Yourselves Martians! – Pavel Klushantsev

ANNOTATION

This book provides an overview of the mysteries and explorations of Mars. The Red Planet has fascinated humanity since antiquity. The invention of the telescope only deepened its enigmas, particularly with the discovery of the so-called ‘canals.’ This led to the idea of Martians living on the planet in science fiction. But is there really life on Mars? Do Martians exist? What are the canals? To answer questions like these space probes from the USSR and USA started the exploration of Mars in the 1960s. Going to Mars is not straightforward and reaching Mars is an engineering and technological feat. Ever since then we have continued our explorations of the Red Planet. We now have sophisticated rovers on the surface of Mars and orbiters in orbit around Mars. In the last few decades our knowledge of Mars has improved in leaps and bounds with new discoveries shedding more and more light on the mysterious planets past and future. This volume presents an outline of these explorations, a journey that continues to advance the bounds of human knowledge with hopes that one day humans will inhabit Mars.

Drawings by V. Korolkov
Translated from the Spanish and Typset in Scribus by Damitr Mazanav

Released on the web by The Mir Titles Project in 2025

This work is an Open Educational Resource (OER)

Creative Commons BY Share Alike 4.0 License

You can get the book here and here

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Translators Note

One of the first books that I remember reading was All About the Telescope by Pavel Klushantsev translated to Marathi. The book got me fascinated about science in general and astronomy in particular.

So, when I saw this book by Klushantsev on Mars only available in Spanish, I could not resist from translating it. Though I started the work on this some years back, it was never completed for various reasons. One of them being the complex nature of typsetting in the book. So for this book I have used Scribus for typsetting and the results have been pleasing.

Since the book was written, our knowledge about Mars has increased by leaps and bounds. I have added an additional chapter in the book that summarises the various spacecraft since the 1990s that have taken our knowledge of Mars to the next level. The Martian surface has been revelead unprecendented detail with numerous rovers and orbiters around it. The attribution of images in the last section is provided with the images.

We now have active rovers on the surface of Mars and orbiters around it sending us vital information about the Red Planet. All this with hopes that humans would one day land there. It is to those future astronauts this translation and additional sections are dedicated.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR’S NOTE

THAT LITTLE STAR IS MARS! 1
THE MYSTERIES OF MARS 14
WHERE CAN YOU LIVE 22
UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA OF MARS 32
WE MUST SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF “CANALS” 41
DO MARTIANS EXIST? 46
TRACES OF MARTIANS 56
ARE THE MARTIANS OUR ENEMIES 67
ARE MARTIANS OUR FRIENDS? 77
WE MUST FLY TO MARS 87
IS IT DIFFICULT TO REACH MARS 97
WHAT DID THE SPACE PROBES SEE FROM THEIR ORBIT 117
WATER! 129
THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS 136
IN THE FUTURE 152
FROM UNCERTAINTY TO DISCOVERY: MARS SINCE THE 1990s – Damitr Mazanav 163

#Ccbysa #Oer #ingenuity #ISRO #mangalyaan #marsExploration #marsExplorer #marsExpress #marsMission #marsProbes #martianProbes #mirTitlesProject #NASA #perseverance #sovietLiterature #spaceExploration #spaceTravel #ussr #viking

https://www.wacoca.com/media/470322/ フランス発SF映画『マーズ・エクスプレス』吹き替え声優キャストコメント到着！｜セガ SEGA #film #FrenchAnimation #FrenchFilmAward #JeremmyPerran #MARSEXPRESS #movie #VoiceActor #VoiceOver #ジェレミー・ペラン #三瓶由布子 #佐古真弓 #内田夕夜 #安元洋貴 #映画

#UniBE:
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Rasende Winde auf dem Mars
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"Auf dem Mars erreichen Staubteufel und Winde Geschwindigkeiten von bis zu 160 km/h und sind damit schneller als bisher angenommen: Dies zeigt eine Untersuchung eines internationalen Forschungsteams unter der Leitung der Universität Bern. .."

https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/medienmitteilungen/2025/medienmitteilungen_2025/rasende_winde_auf_dem_mars/index_ger.html

8.10.2025

#Bern #CaSSIS #ESA #Exomars #HRSC #Mars #MarsExpress #MEX #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight #Staub #Staubteufel #TGO #Wind

Vu #MarsExpress hier et c'est super bien fait...