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Extended Mission Science Review
Mars Express Overview
Mars Express OMEGA-HRSC Data Workshop
Tommy Thompson Mars Express/NASA Project Manager
May 21, 2008
2Mars Express Overview
Mars Express/ NASA ProjectSalient Features• Orbiter supplied by ESA • Seven Instruments from five countries and U.S.• Radar Sounder by U.S. and Italy is new• Launched on June 2, 2003, Arrived December 25, 2003• ESA Prime Mission was 1 Mars Year to 11/30/05 (FY’06)• ESA Extended Mission approved 2/23/07 for a 2nd
Mission cycle to continue operations thru May 2009
• ESTEC proposal for operations thru 2011 in spring of 2008; decision in November 2008
NASA/JPL Contributions to Mars Express
• MARSIS Instrument: Radar Sounder MARSIS Managed by JPL with Antenna, Transmitter and RF Subsystems furnished by U.S. (Joint 50-50 effort with Italians) – Done
• Science: 28 U.S. Investigators on Eight European Experiments – On-going
• DSN Tracking Support: Additional Downlink, Radio Science – On-going
• Telecom Interoperability: MER-MEX Relay Demos – Done
• Navigation Assurance: Joint ESOC-JPL Navigation in Earth-Mars Cruise – Done
• Aspera-3: Electron/Ion Spectrometers funded by Discovery - Not part of JPL Project
Project Overview
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Mars Express Experiments
• Surface and subsurface
– HRSC – High resolution stereo camera (G. Neukum, FUB/DLR)
– OMEGA – IR mineralogical mapper (JP. Bibring, IAS-Orsay)
– MARSIS – Subsurface sounding radar (G. Picardi, Univ. Rome)
• Atmosphere and environment
– PFS – Planetary Fourier spectrometer (V. Formisano, CNR-Frascati)
– SPICAM – UV & IR spectrometer (JL. Bertaux, CNRS-Verrières)
– ASPERA – Energetic neutral atom analyser (R. Lundin, IRF-Kiruna)
• Radio science
– MaRS – Radio science experiment (M. Pätzold, Univ. Köln)
HRSC OMEGA MARSIS PFS SPICAMMars Express / NASA Project – PPBE/POP 2008
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Mars Express Mission Experiments and Investigators
Curtis, UAZ, Co-IFrahm, SwRI, Co-IHseih, UAZ, Co-IKozyra, Univ. of Michigan, Co-ILuhmann, UC Berkeley, Co-IRoelof, JHU, Co-ISandel, UAZ, Co-IScharber, SwRI, Co-IWilliams, JHU, Co-I
ELS PI isD. Winningham ofSwRI
Prof. Dr. R. Lundin, SwedishInstitute of Space Physics
Discovery ProgramProvides ElectronSpectrometer (ELS) andPortions of the Ion MassAnalyzer
ASPERA-3Analyser of Space Plasmas andEnergetic Atoms, v.3
Sweden
Arvidson, Wash U, CollaboratorMustard, Brown, CollaboratorMorris, JSC, Collaborator
Jean-Pierre Bibring, IASLaboratory
OMEGAObservatory of Mineralogy, Water, Iceand Activity
Sandel, UAZ, Co-IRetherford, SwRI, Co-I
Prof. Dr. J. L. Bertaux,Service d’Aeronomy,Verrieres-le-Buisson
SPICAMSpectroscopic Investigation of theCharacteristics of the Atmosphere ofMars
France
Tyler, Stanford Univ., Co-ISimpson, Stanford (TM)Hinson, Stanford (TM)Asmar, JPL (IS)
Prof. Dr. M. Paetzold,University of Cologne
MaRSRadio Science Experiment
Germany
Carr, USGS, Co-IKirk, USGS, Co-IDuxbury, JPL, Co-I (IDS)Greeley, ASU, Co-IHead, Brown, Co-IMcCord, SSI, Co-ISquyres, Cornell, Co-IChapman, USGS, Assoc.Hartmann, PSI, Assoc.Wilson, Assoc.
Prof. Dr. C. G. Neukum, FreieUniversitaet, Berlin
HRSCHigh Resolution Stereo Camera
Germany
Atreya, Univ. of Michigan, Co-IDr. V. Formisano, InstitutoFisica Spazio Interplanetario
PFSPlanetary Fourier Spectrometer
Italy
Gurnett, Univ. of Iowa, Co-IStofan, Proxemy, Co-IClifford, LPI (PS)Farrell, GSFC (PS)Leuschen, APL (PS)Phillips, Wash-U. (PS)Watters, Smithsonian (PS)Safaenilli, JPL (IS)Ivanov and Huff (TMs)
Jeff Plaut, JPLProf. G. Picardi, University ofRome
JPL and University of Iowaprovided the RF Subsystem(Transmitter, Receiver andAntenna)
MARSISMars Advanced Radar for Subsurfaceand Ionospheric Sounding
Italy/U. S.
U. S. InvestigatorsCo-PIPIU. S. HardwareExperimentCountry
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Mars Express/NASA Project Schedule
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Mars Express Orbit Geometry through July 2011
40-minutesSolar eclipse
2011 2010 2009 2008
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PDS Submission Statistics (May 2008)
• ASPERA - 13 Nov. 2003 - 31 Dec. 2006• HRSC - 10 Jan. 2004 - 30 June 2007 (Orbits 10 through 4479)
(plus new DTM’s)• MaRS (Radio Science) - 29 June 2003 - 31 Dec. 2005• MARSIS - None - Currently in review - Expect mid-2008 • OMEGA - 19 Feb. 2003 - 8 July 2005 (Cruise through orbit 1899)• PFS - None - Currently in review - Expect mid-2008• SPICAM - IR: 3 July 2003 - 19 Dec 2004 (Cruise through orbit 1183)
UV: 3 July 2003 - 6 Jun 2005 (Cruise through orbit 1784)
Mars Express PDS site is at:
http://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/mars_express/index.htm