Mars-Express

Europe's mission to Mars

Mars Express is an ESA project to Mars. It will carry a payload capable of conducting the most thorough search of the red planet yet for liquid water, which is essential for life as we know it. The mission consists of an orbiter and a lander called Beagle 2.
Planned launch: June 2003

	ASPERA-3: Charged and neutral particle spectrometer, a MPS contribution
	MARSIS: Subsurface Sounding Radar/Altimeter, a MPS contribution
	BEAGLE-2: Microscope camera, a MPS contribution
	HRSC: High/Super Resolution Stereo Imager, a MPS contribution
	Mars-Express home page at ESA
	Mars Express publications by MPS members