Editing Mars Express (section)

==== 2016 ====
* During a [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] flyby in January 2016, ''Mars Express'' again observed [[solar wind]] proton backscattering from the moon's surface. This was only second such observation by the spacecraft (first occured in 2008) and, as of 2025, this intermittency remains unexplained.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESA’s Mars Express unravels mystery of martian moon using 'fake' flybys |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/ESA_s_Mars_Express_unravels_mystery_of_martian_moon_using_fake_flybys |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=www.esa.int |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Futaana |first=Yoshifumi |last2=Holmström |first2=Mats |last3=Fedorov |first3=Andrey |last4=Barabash |first4=Stas |date=2021 |title=Does Phobos Reflect Solar Wind Protons? Mars Express Special Flyby Operations With and Without the Presence of Phobos |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021JE006969 |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets |language=en |volume=126 |issue=11 |pages=e2021JE006969 |doi=10.1029/2021JE006969 |issn=2169-9100}}</ref>
* October 19: Assisted with data collection and transfer for the [[Schiaparelli EDM lander]] landing.
[[File:Martian south pole during summer by HRSC.jpg|thumb|South pole of Mars by ''Mars Express'', 2015 (ESA/DLR/FU Berlin)]]