ExoMars - building on past missions to Mars

The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft will build on past missions to Mars. From the pioneering Viking missions onwards, our knowledge of Mars has been transformed and we now have an extraordinarily detailed picture of the planet. There are dust storms, polar ice caps and four distinct seasons. Mars has the largest volcanic mountain in our solar system and a canyon stretching over 5000 kilometres. This film covers what we have learnt in particular from Europe’s Mars Express mission. Since its arrival in 2003, it has