Hellas Basin rim

A portion of the vast Hellas Basin, incorporating the transition of the fractured, terraced rim (top)…

Hellas Basin rim topography

The colour-coded topographic view shows relative heights and depths of terrain in the Hellas Basin region…

Hellas Basin rim: perspective view

This perspective view in the Hellas Basin was generated from the high-resolution stereo camera on ESA’s…

Hellas Basin rim in context

This context image shows part of the Hellas basin on Mars imaged by Mars Express on…

Card-thick space antenna

A whole new kind of large space antenna has been tested in realistic space conditions. This…

Hellas Basin rim in 3D

This anaglyph image showing part of the Hellas Basin region on Mars provides a 3D view…

Team members by reflector

Members of the LABUM test team at the ESTEC Test Centre beside the 5-m reflector on…

To feel a falling feather

Technology image of the week: ESA's new microvibration machine can measure the forces imparted by a…

Six-degree-of-freedom microvibration machine

The latest addition to ESA’s satellite-testing facilities is this six-degree-of-freedom microvibration unit, sufficiently sensitive to identify…

Lonely lunch

ESA-sponsored medical doctor Floris van den Berg scans the horizon and contemplates life at Concordia research…