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Mars Express: Pioneering Two Decades of European Science and Exploration of Mars

This article collection celebrates 20 years since the launch of ESA's Mars Express.

Since beginning science operations in 2004, Mars Express has provided breathtaking views of Mars in three dimensions. It has provided the most complete map of the chemical composition of the atmosphere, studied Mars’s innermost moon Phobos in unprecedented detail, and traced the history of water across the globe, demonstrating that Mars once harboured environmental conditions that may have been suitable for life.

Editors

  • Dmitrij Titov

    Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands

  • Francisco González-Galindo

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC, Spain

  • Ralf Jaumann

    Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  • Anni Määttänen

    LATMOS, Sorbonne Université, France

  • Patrick Martin

    Directorate of Science (D/SCI) European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) European Space Agency (ESA) Spain

  • Tilman Spohn

    DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany

Articles (6 in this collection)