December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... country to have succeeded in the very first attempt. (b) It was a solo effort - the European Space Agency’s Mars Express involved the teamwork of 17 nations. (c) India accomplished this complex mission in just 15 months, compared to five or more...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
... with salty liquid brine. Impact craters and an intricate channel network photographed by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter. The notion of liquid briny flows occurring on Mars is not at all new: in 1912 the Swedish scientist Arrhenius suggested that certain...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
...surfaces and potentially destroyed existing lifeforms. However, NASA’s Mars Express rover has detected methane leakage among the rocks, ...paraffin wax-based fuels and Metal/CO2 combustion for Mars ascent vehicle propulsion systems. In addition, he has...
12 February 2021
Water vapour spotted escaping from Mars' atmosphere
... of the hydrogen chloride gas to the surface of Mars, say the team but extensive laboratory testing and new... gas discovered since the claimed observation of methane by ESA's Mars Express in 2004, which motivated the search for other organic molecules ...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
...deployed to the surface of Mars on Christmas Day 2003 from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft. A parachute was ...images taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. According to lead digital design...
29 July 2020
Puzzling new gas signatures found on Mars
...burst of methane recorded yet, but neither ESA’s Mars Express nor the TGO recorded any signs of the elusive ...’s role in the planet’s climate. “Ozone and CO2 are important in Mars’ atmosphere. By not accounting for these gases properly, we run the risk...
