Mars Express, Artist's Concept
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Oct. 22, 2003
The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft is depicted in orbit around Mars in this artist's concept illustration.
The spacecraft was launched June 2, 2003, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on a journey to arrive at Mars in December 2003.
Mars Express is a mission of the European Space Agency. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., supplied the receiver for the mission's Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding instrument.