Editing Mars Express (section)

==== 2024 ====
* Published in January 2024, a new research analysed [[MARSIS]] radar data collected over the preceding decade and concluded that the [[Medusae Fossae Formation]] at Mars equator, previously thought to be likely composed of dry deposits, instead includes a large amount of water ice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Buried water ice at Mars's equator? |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Buried_water_ice_at_Mars_s_equator |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Watters |first1=Thomas R. |last2=Campbell |first2=Bruce A. |last3=Leuschen |first3=Carl J. |last4=Morgan |first4=Gareth A. |last5=Cicchetti |first5=Andrea |last6=Orosei |first6=Roberto |last7=Plaut |first7=Jeffrey J. |date=2024 |title=Evidence of Ice-Rich Layered Deposits in the Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL105490 |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |language=en |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=e2023GL105490 |doi=10.1029/2023GL105490 |bibcode=2024GeoRL..5105490W |issn=1944-8007}}</ref>

* In May 2024, computers on ''Mars Express'' (as well as on another ESA mission, ''[[BepiColombo]]'') reported a sharp increase in the number of memory errors, coinciding with a massive [[solar flare]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Can't stop won't stop: Solar Orbiter shows the Sun raging on |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Can_t_stop_won_t_stop_Solar_Orbiter_shows_the_Sun_raging_on |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref>
* In June 2024, a new study was published in [[Nature Geoscience|''Nature Geoscience'']], providing first evidence for water frost near Mars equator, specificaly atop the [[Tharsis]] volcanoes. This work used data from ESA's ''Mars Express'' and [[Trace Gas Orbiter|TGO]] missions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-01 |title=Surprising Discovery of Frost on Martian Volcanoes Near Equator – "Thought Impossible" |url=https://scitechdaily.com/surprising-discovery-of-frost-on-martian-volcanoes-near-equator-thought-impossible/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=SciTechDaily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Valantinas |first1=A. |last2=Thomas |first2=N. |last3=Pommerol |first3=A. |last4=Karatekin |first4=O. |last5=Ruiz Lozano |first5=L. |last6=Senel |first6=C. B. |last7=Temel |first7=O. |last8=Hauber |first8=E. |last9=Tirsch |first9=D. |last10=Bickel |first10=V. T. |last11=Munaretto |first11=G. |last12=Pajola |first12=M. |last13=Oliva |first13=F. |last14=Schmidt |first14=F. |last15=Thomas |first15=I. |date=2024 |title=Evidence for transient morning water frost deposits on the Tharsis volcanoes of Mars |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01457-7 |journal=Nature Geoscience |language=en |volume=17 |issue=7 |pages=608–616 |doi=10.1038/s41561-024-01457-7 |bibcode=2024NatGe..17..608V |issn=1752-0908}}</ref>
* In July 2024, a study was published in [[Radio Science|''Radio Science'']] documenting the first routine use of mutual radio occultation technique at another planet, specifically the measurements of physical properties of the [[Atmosphere of Mars|Martian atmosphere]] conducted using a radio link between ESA's ''Mars Express'' and [[Trace Gas Orbiter|TGO]] orbiters between 2020 and 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Dunning |first1=Hayley |last2=London |first2=Imperial College |title=Repurposed technology used to probe new regions of Mars' atmosphere |url=https://phys.org/news/2024-07-repurposed-technology-probe-regions-mars.html |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=phys.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Parrott |first1=Jacob |last2=Svedhem |first2=Håkan |last3=Witasse |first3=Olivier |last4=Wilson |first4=Colin |last5=Müller-Wodarg |first5=Ingo |last6=Cardesín-Moinelo |first6=Alejandro |last7=Schmitz |first7=Peter |last8=Godfrey |first8=James |last9=Reboud |first9=Olivier |last10=Geiger |first10=Bernhard |last11=Sánchez-Cano |first11=Beatriz |last12=Nava |first12=Bruno |last13=Migoya-Orué |first13=Yenca |date=2024 |title=First Results of Mars Express—ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Mutual Radio Occultation |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023RS007873 |journal=Radio Science |language=en |volume=59 |issue=7 |pages=e2023RS007873 |doi=10.1029/2023RS007873 |bibcode=2024RaSc...5907873P |issn=1944-799X}}</ref>

* In September 2024, a new cloud atlas of Mars has been published, containing images of Martian clouds by ''Mars Express'' from the past 20 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Paul Scott |date=2024-09-18 |title=New Cloud Atlas of Mars for cloudspotting on the red planet |url=https://earthsky.org/space/cloud-atlas-of-mars-clouds-dust-storms/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=earthsky.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2024/EPSC2024-44.html |title=Clouds and Storms as seen by HRSC - A catalogue of atmospheric phenomena on Mars |last1=Tirsch |first1=Daniela |last2=Machado |first2=Pedro |last3=Brasil |first3=Francisco |last4=Hernández-Bernal |first4=Jorge |last5=Sánchez-Lavega |first5=Agustín |last6=Carter |first6=John |last7=Montmessin |first7=Franck |last8=Hauber |first8=Ernst |last9=Matz |first9=Klaus-Dieter |date=2024-07-03 |publisher=Copernicus Meetings |issue=EPSC2024-44 |doi=10.5194/epsc2024-44 |doi-access=free |language=en}}</ref>