Mars Express To Rendezvous with Phobos
Thursday, July 17th, 2008That’s right! The ESA spacecraft, Mars Express, currently in orbit around Mars will be doing a series of close fly-bys of Mars’ moon Phobos. On July 23rd it will make its closest approach at an altitude above Phobos’ surface of only 97km. I can’t wait to see the close up shots with the High Resolution Stereo Camera and the results from the other instruments aboard Mars Express - these should give some insight into the mass, surface composition and geochemistry of this unusual solar system object.
The full press release from ESA’s website is below…