N° 21–2023: Media Invitation: 20 years of ESA exploration of Mars

Launched in 2003, Mars Express is Europe’s first planetary mission. It carries eight instruments and deployed a lander, Beagle 2. The lander was lost during its attempt to reach the planet’s surface, but the orbiter continues its highly successful global investigation of Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos.

There will be presentations on the past, present, and future of Mars exploration, highlighting the scientific breakthroughs, and discoveries. Media representatives will also have the opportunity to meet and interact with the scientists, engineers and other team members who have made the Mars Express mission a success and continue to work on ExoMars.

Available spokespersons:

• James Godfrey (ESA Mars Express Spacecraft Operations Manager)
• Simon Wood (ESA Spacecraft Operations Engineer)
• Colin Frank Wilson (ESA Mars Express & Trace Gas Orbiter Project Scientist)
• Daniela Tirsch (DLR Mars Express High-Resolution Stereo Camera Deputy Principal Investigator)
• Jean-Pierre Bibring (Mars Express OMEGA Instrument Principal Investigator 2000-2020)

Representatives from other Mars Express Instrument teams will also be available.

Media representatives are invited to the 20th anniversary of Mars Express on 2 June.

Feel free to submit your registration by 26 May via our form: https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form/

Programme:

14:00                    Arrival

14:30 – 16:30     Launch anniversary event

16:30 – 17:30     Interview opportunities

More information:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

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Images

https://www.esa.int/esearch?q=Mars+express+images

Terms and conditions for using ESA images:
www.esa.int/spaceinimages/ESA_Multimedia/Copyright_Notice_Images

For questions or more information related to ESA images, please contact directly spaceinimages@esa.int.

Videos

https://www.esa.int/esearch?q=Mars+express+videos

Terms and conditions for using ESA videos:
https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions

For questions or more information related to ESA videos, please contact directly spaceinvideos@esa.int.

About the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.

ESA is an intergovernmental organization, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia and Lithuania are Associate Members.

ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int

For further information:

ESA Operations Communication Programme Officer – Marco Trovatello

Email: media@esa.int

Tel: +496151902218