It just carries on working: The German HRSC onboard Mars Express now in its third year
Deutsches Zentrum f Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Koeln, Germany
10 January 2007
Full Version: Mars Express Camera Now In Its Third Year
That title is just asking for trouble over here 
Sounds like a new entry in that venerable old film series: "Carry On Orbiting Mars!"
-the other Doug
-the other Doug
Great article about Mars Express at Planetary.org
That is one big rover!
Yep - We build 'em big here in Europe. That would be the 30k model, dimensions approx 30x15x20km, mass ca 2 megaton. Context image with scale of Mawrth Vallis here. 
The plan is to put Mars under the rover and just turn the planet while the rover stays still
Doug
Doug
It might be a bit big, but it'll be handy for getting Mars core samples.
Andy G
Andy G
When I wrote "great" I didn't mean to be THAT literal... 
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