MARSIS - University of Iowa

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CREDIT LINE: Courtesy of ESA, NASA, and the University of Iowa.




Artists' conceptions:

Mars Express orbiting Mars



Mars Express spacecraft on Fregat;
Expanded spacecraft;
Search for water;
Orbit phases



Mars:



Spacecraft:


Spacecraft model, Aug. 2001
Spacecraft, flight unit, July 2001
Spacecraft

Don Kirchner, Mars Express spacecraft
Instrument:


Milling the MARSIS electronics housing
MARSIS electronics housing, flight unit
  • October 27, 2000.
    Rockwell Collins Representative visits MARSIS prototype testing area at the U. of Iowa.
  • November 7, 2000.
    Balloon flight equipment used to take antenna impedance measurements. Photos taken in Dept. of Physics and Astronomy fabrication laboratory at the U. of Iowa.
  • November 21, 2000.
    Sample MARSIS antenna impedance measurements were taken during a balloon flight that originated from a launching area in Ames, Iowa, in collaboration with Iowa State University staff members. The balloon/equipment package was recovered near What Cheer, Iowa, after a 78-mile flight that lasted approximately 60 minutes.
  • April 25, 2001.
    MARSIS antenna impedance verification test, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • June 4, 2001.
    MARSIS antenna impedance verification test, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • January 2002.
    Preship preparations of main electronics box, Iowa City, Iowa.
  • June 2002.
    Radiated power test of MARSIS transmitter and antenna. Liberty Labs, Kimballton, Iowa.