How Mars Express mapped the secrets of the Red Planet

Mars Express ten year highlights · 3:14 · Video: European Space Agency, ESA · Watch at the source

In short: Explore a decade of discovery from the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission. This video traces the spacecraft's journey from its initial design to its groundbreaking scientific observations of the Martian landscape and atmosphere.

Equipped with a suite of seven instruments, Mars Express has conducted an in-depth analysis of Mars' history. The mission has investigated everything from the planet's subsurface to its upper atmosphere.

Beyond the planet itself, the spacecraft has observed the two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, and produced stunning 3D images of the Martian terrain.

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