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Mars Express

Europe's first Mars mission. Still imaging the surface in stereo colour and sounding the subsurface with radar.

ActiveSource: ESA mission page
Status checked Nov 12, 2026

Days at Mars
8,359 Source: ESA mission page
Counted from Dec 25, 2003
Launched
Jun 2, 2003Source: ESA mission page
Orbit insertion
Dec 25, 2003Source: ESA mission page
Location
Mars orbit
Agency
ESA

Recent news

Nothing in the tracked feeds mentions Mars Express lately. The official mission page has the full record.

Official mission page