Mars Express close flybys of martian moon Phobos

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21 January 2011
Mars Express has returned images from the Phobos flyby of 9 January 2011. Mars Express passed Mars’ largest moon at a distance of 100km.


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3D Image (red-cyan anaglyph)


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SRC-Images


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Sequence of 5 HRSC-channels


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Planned landing site of the Russian Phobos-Grunt mission

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http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMIPY6SXIG_index_0.html

[Ian David]

1. That's no moon... it's a space station. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. Getting up close with a Martian moon: The amazing images taken by a space probe just 60 MILES away

Getting up close with a Martian moon: The amazing images taken by a space probe just 60 MILES away
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 3:51 PM on 24th January 2011

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Mars Express infamously gave Britain's ill-fated Beagle 2 probe a lift to Mars. While that mission ended in disaster, the Mars Express has been a fantastic success.

Over the last seven or so years its stereo, high-resolution camera has taken thousands of images of the surface, revealing the planet's awe inspiring beauty in unprecedented detail.

Mars Express launched in June 2003. The craft is a cube around 5ft by 6ft by 5ft with two 60ft-long radar antennae.
It is photographing the entire surface of Mars in high-resolution, producing a detailed colour map of the minerals on the surface, mapping the atmosphere and probing beneath the surface using radar.

Interest in Mars is at an all time high. In 2013, ESA is planning to launch ExoMars - a robotic rover than will explore the planet's surface. If successful, it will be Europe's first mission to the Martian surface.

More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1350095/Amazing-images-Martian-moon-Phobos-taken-space-probe-just-60-miles-away.html