Mars Express Sends Back First Photo of Mars

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday December 3, 2003 @05:51PM from the red-eye-for-red-planet dept.

Andrew Browne writes "Today the European Space Agency received the first photo of Mars from its Mars Express probe. The photo was taken on December 1st and processed by the DLR Institute for Planetary Research and by the Freie Universitat Berlin. Mars Express was launched June 2nd of this year and is due to arrive at the Red planet later this month. The extremely speedy voyage is thanks to our close approach to Mars this summer. Other probes taking advantage of the launch window include NASA's Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rovers. You can track the progress of all the probes heading to Mars with NASA's solar system simulator."

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Looks kinda blurry by complete+loony · 2003-12-03 18:03 · Score: 1, Redundant

I hope the quality of the photos improves before they get there, this photo is very blurry, but still better that what I could do with a telescope from my back yard.

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