Mars Express is the first spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) to explore the planet Mars, launched in June 2003 and began its exploration journey from Mars orbit in December of the same year. The Mars Express is designed to comprehensively study the red planet, from the planet’s surface, …
Control and Automation Systems on Mars
Mars is one of humanity’s key exploration goals, with increasingly complex space missions aiming to learn about the planet’s history, geology and ability to support life. To carry out missions on a remote and challenging planet like Mars, control and automation systems play an extremely important role. These advanced technologies …