New Mars Express images of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos

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New Mars Express images of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos

Mars Express is currently the only satellite exploring Mars from an elliptical orbit. This allows regular, close flybys of Phobos, the larger of the two Martian moons. In summer 2017, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) observed the moon from a distance of approximately 115 kilometres. The HRSC, developed and operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), acquired images of Phobos at a resolution of up to four metres per pixel. During the ESA Mars Express mission, which has been operating for more than 14 years, Phobos has already been observed several times from distances of less than 150 kilometres.


Full article with images and animation: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-26249/year-all/#/gallery/29844


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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