The Mars Express Mission Team

The Mars Express mission manager and project/lead scientists are based at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

• F. Jansen, Mission Manager
• O. Witasse, Project Scientist
• A. Chicarro, Mars Lead Scientist

Science Ground Segment Team (SGS)

The Science Ground Segment Team (SGS) is located at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), in Villanueva de la Cañada, a suburb of Madrid, Spain.

• P. Martin (Science Ground Segment Manager, at ESAC)
• A. Cardesin-Moinelo (Science Operations Engineer, at ESAC)
• P. Pardo Voss (Science Operations Engineer, at ESAC)
• S. Remus (Science Operations Engineer, at ESAC)
• N. Manuad (Archive Scientist, at ESAC)
• J.-L. Vazquez (Auxiliary Data Support, at ESAC)

Principal Investigators (PI)

• HRSC  PI: G. Neukum, FU Berlin, Germany
• OMEGA  PI: J.-P. Bibring, IAS Orsay, France
• PFS  PI: M. Giuranna, INAF, Rome, Italy
• MARSIS  PI: G. Picardi, J. Plaut and R. Orosei, University of Rome, Italy
• ASPERA-3 PI: S. Barabash, IRF, Kiruna, Sweden
• SPICAM PI: F. Montmessin, LATMOS, Paris, France
• MaRS PI: M. Pätzold, University of Cologne, Germany

ESA Ground Segment Team at the MOC

The Ground Segment Team, or Mission Operations Centre (MOC), is located at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. In the list below, FCT is the Flight Control Team. The composition of the MOC team is as follows:

• M. Denis (FCT, Spacecraft Operations Manager [SOM])
• J. Godfrey (FCT, Deputy SOM)
• O. Reboud (FCT, Attitude and Orbit Control Engineer)
• K. van der Pols (FCT, Power Engineer)
• A. Johnston (FCT, Radio-Communications Engineer)
• D. Lakey (FCT, Data Handling Engineer)
• M. Shaw (FCT, Data Handling Team)
• E. Rabenau (FCT, Mission Planning Engineer)
• L. Lucas (FCT, Mission Planning and Thermal Engineer)
• J. Bauer (FCT, Mission Planning and AOCS Engineer)


• M. Mueller (Flight Dynamics Manager)


• G. Ravera (ESTRACK, Ground Operations Manager)
• J. Howard (ESTRACK Operations Engineer)


• P. Brabbin (Mission Control Systems Coordinator)