Planet Mars: Dust Storm Detected | European Space Agency Mars Express

Planet Mars: Dust Storm Detected | European Space Agency Mars Express

With its High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured a Martian dust storm.

Mars Express is celebrating over 21 years at Mars! 

The Mars Express mission was launched on June 2, 2003, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on board a Russian Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage. In addition to being Europe’s first mission to Mars, Mars Express is the first fully European mission to any planet.

Orbit: 21940

Date: May 12, 2021 

Time: 12:44:09.876Z

Video Credits:

Raw Data: ESA/German Aerospace Center (DLR)/Freie Universität Berlin (FUBerlin)

Image Processing: Andrea Luck, L'informatico mondo di Pipplo [active interpolation using an artificial intelligence (AI) model between frames and an upscaling to 4K]

Duration: 12 seconds

Release Date: Oct. 25, 2024

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