Mars Express in Orbit (Illustration)

ESA’s (the European Space Agency’s) Mars Express flies over the Red Planet in this illustration.
October 22, 2003
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft is depicted in orbit around Mars in this artist's concept illustration.

The spacecraft was launched June 2, 2003, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on a journey to arrive at Mars in December 2003.

Mars Express is a mission of the European Space Agency. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., supplied the receiver for the mission's Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding instrument.