Mars Express mission - Mars upside down

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Mars Express - 14 years at the Red Planet

Mars upside down

This unusual image, acquired by the Mars High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board the ESA Mars Express spacecraft, shows a view of the northern hemisphere of Mars from the Martian north polar ice cap, situated at the bottom, up to the Martian equator at the horizon. It was taken for calibration of the camera on 19 June 2017. Calibrations must be repeatedly carried out during the course of the mission to guarantee the quality of the image data throughout the camera's lifetime. The Mars Express spacecraft arrived at the Red Planet on 25 December 2003 – on the same day this year, the spacecraft will carry out orbits 17,698, 17,699 and 17,700 around Mars.


Full article with images: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-25327/year-all/

DLR special - Ten years HRSC camera on Mars Express:
www.mex10.dlr.de/index-en.html

DLR Mars Express special:
www.dlr.de/en/mars

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