From Mars Express Results to Future Mars Missions

Paper number

IAC-08.A3.3.B1

Author

Prof. Bernard Foing, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Year

2008

Abstract

We shall review the Mars Express results in the context of the upcoming orbiters and landers, and future Mars exploration. We shall give an update of results from the HRSC and other Mars Express instruments in the areas of geology (study of volcanic and periglacial activity, the history of water), atmospheric science, photogrammetry/cartography of Mars, and spectrometry, obtained from the analysis conducted by the international co-investigator team. 

We shall describe ongoing Mars Express data analysis activities related to landing site selection and characterization for future missions. 

The ESA Mars Express mission has changed our view of Mars. We shall give an update of results of the mission, in the area of surface, atmospheric and subsurface studies. The instruments provide high resolution imaging with stereo and color (HRSC), IR mineralogical mapping (OMEGA), spectrometric studies of the atmosphere (SPICAM), radar sub-surface sounding (MARSIS), measurements of atmospheric composition (PFS), study of the interaction with the solar wind (ASPERA), and radio science investigations (MaRS). 


Co-Authors:

B.H. Foing (1), R. Jaumann (2), H. Hoffmann (2), E. Hauber (2), J. Albertz (3), 
T. Mc Cord (4), W.J. Markiewicz (5), G. Neukum (6) and the HRSC Co-Investigator team

(1)	SCI-S, ESA ESTEC, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, NL
(2)	DLR Berlin, Germany
(3)	TU Berlin, Germany
(4)	Planetary Science Institute, Winthrop, USA
(5)	Max-Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie, Lindau, Germany
(6)	Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany

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