Mars Express: Triumph From Disaster

Mars Express, one of the longest-running planetary probes ever made, was only intended to last for about two Earth years, but it s still going at 17! And it s taught us an unbelievable amount, including everything from studying its geology and atmosphere to searching for signs of life! Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51820-science-highlights-from-mars-express https://mars.nasa.gov/express/technology/ https://www.space.com/18206-mars-express.html https://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2003/mars_express.html http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2002ESASP.502..249J http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004ESASP1240....3C https://www.dlr.de/content/en/missions/marsexpress.html https://www.astrobio.net/mars/mars-express-polar-water-ice-imaged/ https://sci.esa.int/documents/33745/35957/1567253672047-NeukemWeb.pdf [PDF] https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Martian_glaciers_did_they_originate_from_the_atmosphere https://www.space.com/1966-snow-mars-created-glaciers-equator.html https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51822-2-possible-detection-of-methane-in-the-atmosphere https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/First_evidence_of_planet-wide_groundwater_system_on_Mars https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/61167-first-evidence-of-planet-wide-groundwater-system-on-mars https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51829-9-unambiguous-detection-of-carbon-dioxide-clouds https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51824-4-probing-the-polar-regions https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51827-7-discovery-of-localised-auroras-on-mars https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51828-8-mars-express-discovers-new-layer-in-martian-ionosphere https://sci.esa.int/web/mars-express/-/51830-10-mapping-and-measuring-phobos-in-unprecedented-detail Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mars96_Assembly.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martian_south_pole_during_summer_by_HRSC.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%27s_impression_of_Mars_Express_and_Phobos_ESA233015.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mars96_surface_station.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beagle_2_replica.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA19106-Beagle2-Found-MRO-20140629.jpg https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2016/10/Perspective_view_in_Colles_Nili#.XrlpRgFBk2I.link https://www.dlr.de/content/en/missions/marsexpress.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ESP_028352_2245glacier.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Martian_Methane_Map.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA19088-MarsCuriosityRover-MethaneSource-20141216.png https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4798 https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/21352/estimated-water-depths-in-ancient-martian-sea/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA22546-Mars-AnnualCO2ice-N%26SPoles-20180806.gif https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2017/solar-storm-triggers-whole-planet-aurora-at-mars https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geometry_of_the_Phobos_fly-by_ESA232820.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phobos_colour_2008.jpg