Editing Mars Express (section)

== Name ==
"Express" in the name originally referred to the speed and efficiency with which the [[spacecraft]] was designed and built.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 18, 2009 |title=Mars Express Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Frequently_asked_questions2 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |publisher=[[ESA]]}}</ref> However, "Express" also describes the spacecraft's relatively short interplanetary voyage, a result of being launched when the orbits of Earth and Mars brought them closer than they had been in about 60,000 years.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cardesin-Moinelo |first=A. |last2=Godfrey |first2=J. |last3=Grotheer |first3=E. |last4=Blake |first4=R. |last5=Damiani |first5=S. |last6=Wood |first6=S. |last7=Dressler |first7=T. |last8=Bruno |first8=M. |last9=Johnstone |first9=A. |last10=Lucas |first10=L. |last11=Marin-Yaseli de la Parra |first11=J. |last12=Merritt |first12=D. |last13=Sierra |first13=M. |last14=Määttänen |first14=A. |last15=Antoja-Lleonart |first15=G. |date=2024 |title=Mars Express: 20 Years of Mission, Science Operations and Data Archiving |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11214-024-01059-0 |journal=Space Science Reviews |language=en |volume=220 |issue=2 |doi=10.1007/s11214-024-01059-0 |issn=0038-6308}}</ref>