Mars live stream start time, how to watch. The stream begins at 12 p.m. ET and will show new images every 50 seconds as they shoot through the Express’ Visual Monitoring Camera, a "long-lived ...

Mars Express isn't the only mission focused on Phobos. In September 2024, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to launch the Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) spacecraft.

But, if you were on the Mars Express spacecraft, you would be able to see much of the cosmos, Wilson added. “And that is in fact critical to how Mars Express navigates,” he said.

Friday's event, which was part of a celebration for the 20th birthday of the agency's Mars Express mission, was a chance "to get as close as it's currently possible" to Mars, ...

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

The European Space Agency's Mars Express mission continues to deliver breathtaking images of the Red Planet, with one of its latest photographs capturing a remarkable view that includes Mars ...

An artist’s impression of Mars Express. The spacecraft left Earth for Mars on 2 June 2003. It reached its destination after a six-month journey, and has been investigating the planet since early ...

Mars is commonly known as the Red Planet, but a recent satellite image from the European Space Agency displays a vibrant ...

Mars Express entered orbit around the red planet on Dec. 25, 2003, and has been sending back spectacular views like this one ever since. That means Christmas on Earth will mark the spacecraft's ...

The Mars Express Orbiter captured views of a once expansive lake, called Lake Eridania, that existed on Mars. It was bigger than any lake on Earth, and helps reveal the Red Planet's watery past.

The photo is indeed real, according to the European Space Agency (ESA). The ESA's Mars Express mission, which launched in 2003, captured the image using a high-resolution camera.