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Mission Mars Express 443 and 450

2026-01-11

Target Mars

Mission Mars Express

Instrument HRSC

Instrument Type Imager

Wavelength Range VIS, NIR

Mission: Mars Express

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION	INSTRUMENT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
Mars Express	ASPERA-3	R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)
	HRSC	G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
	MARSIS	G. Picardi (Universita di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
	MRS	M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)
	OMEGA	J.P. Bibring (Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
	PFS	M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)
	SPICAM	F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)
	VMC	A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

Extracted by Barley Culiner with NASAView

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

GitHub software links

2026-01-03

Sharing my GitHub and a few software links below.

Much of the shady software is rough and not complete on purpose

https://github.com/barleyjohn?tab=repositories

NASA communication software https://github.com/barleyjohn/NASAmeshNetwork

AI CRISPR DNA editing https://github.com/barleyjohn/OpenCRISPR

NSA WWII Enigma machine emulator https://github.com/barleyjohn/enigma-simulator

https://github.com/barleyjohn/ORCa-Glossy-Objects-as-Radiance-Field-Cameras

WiFi-based indoor positioning systems https://github.com/barleyjohn/whofi

https://github.com/barleyjohn/High-Precision-Laser-Fault-Injection-using-Low-cost-Components

النموذج العسكري من آلة إنجما I، وُضعِ بالاستعمال بدءًا من 1930م.

image info: Alessandro Nassiri – Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci”

Mars Express

2026-01-02

Target MarsMission Mars Express

Instrument HRSC

Instrument Type Imager

Wavelength Range VIS, NIR

Mission: Mars Express

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION	INSTRUMENT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
Mars Express	ASPERA-3	R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)
	HRSC	G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
	MARSIS	G. Picardi (Universita di Roma ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
	MRS	M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)
	OMEGA	J.P. Bibring (Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
	PFS	M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)
	SPICAM	F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)
	VMC	A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

Extracted by Barley Culiner with NASAView

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP

Sol 4748: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) stitch

2025-12-26

Sol 4748: Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) stitch

Images taken by MAHLI onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4748 (2025-12-14T13:09:24.000Z) to (2025-12-14T15:44:22.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP
Sol 4748: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

2025-12-26

Sol 4748: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

This image was taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4748

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE
Sol 4752: Right Navigation Camera gif

2025-12-26

dust and wind early in animation

Sol 4752: Right Navigation Camera gif

Images taken by NAV_RIGHT_B onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4752 (2025-12-18T17:20:24.000Z) to (2025-12-18T17:49:08.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
Sol 4752: Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) webp

2025-12-26

Mars rover Curiosity driving and scanning

Sol 4752: Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) webp

Images taken by MARDI onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4752 (2025-12-18T20:00:04.000Z) to (2025-12-18T20:37:43.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Assembled by Barley Culiner with GIMP
Mars Perseverance Sol 1717: Right & Left Mastcam-Z Camera webp

2025-12-24

Mars Perseverance Sol 1717: Right & Left Mastcam-Z Camera webp

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its Right & Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast.

This image was acquired on Dec. 19, 2025 (Sol 1717) at the local mean solar time of 17:01:42 to 16:58:47.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

Additional editing with GIMP
European Travel Posters/Scans

2025-12-22

European Travel Posters/Scans
Mars Perseverance Sol 1711: WATSON Camera stitch

2025-12-18

Mars Perseverance Sol 1711: WATSON Camera stitch

NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover’s robotic arm.

Images acquired on Dec. 12, 2025 (Sol 1711) at the local mean solar time of 14:10:18 to 14:11:29.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Assembled by Barley Culiner with Microsoft ICE

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