Mars, European Space Agency and Probe

European spacecraft got rare close-up of Mars' lesser-known moon
While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with Hera because the signal was blocked. Though the blackout was planned for the maneuver, Ian Carnelli, the European Space Agency's Hera mission manager, said it was deeply emotional.
Probe captures rare images of moon orbiting Mars
The European Space Agency launched Hera in 2024 to test asteroid-deflection techniques in deep space. The agency aims to improve planetary defense measures.
Mysterious Mars moon captured in unprecedented images by space probe
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet's mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency said Thursday.
Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos
Tiniest Mars moon Deimos spotted by Europe's asteroid-chasing spacecraft
Europe's Hera spacecraft flew by Mars this week on its way to catch up with an asteroid and tested out its cameras on the Red Planet's tiniest moon.
New map of Mars reveals hidden 'structures' below the Martian surface
A new map of Mars has revealed mysterious structures hiding beneath the sediment layers of a lost ocean. The researchers ...
Research team releases a 76 m-per-pixel global color image dataset and map of Mars
New data obtained by the Tianwen-1 mission has laid the foundation for the development of a high-resolution global ...
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Topographic Map of Mars (IMAGE)
Topographic map of Mars. Arabia Terra is an ancient region that connects the southern highlands and the northern lowlands. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...
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New evidence suggests Mars once had ‘vacation-style beaches’
Present-day Mars is a barren and inhospitable planet, but it may have once had sandy beaches and tranquil ocean vistas. According to findings published on February 24 in the Proceedings of the ...
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Fake News: Mars Edition, circa 1877
When Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli peered at Mars through a powerful telescope in the late 1800s, he observed dark channels raked across its surface. These features became the key ...
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'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video)
Last September, scientists unveiled the most extensive map of clouds on Mars ever created, put together from two decades of images captured by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express ...
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Adsorptive regolith on Mars soaks up water, researchers reveal
and the international Mars Ice Mapper (MIM) projects, the model is expected to complement further studies that can lead to subsurface water maps of Mars.
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Adsorptive regolith on Mars soaks up water, updated model shows
and the international Mars Ice Mapper (MIM) projects, the model is expected to complement further studies that can lead to subsurface water maps of Mars.