The European Space Agency
Mars Express: HRSC

The HRSC (High/Super Resolution Stereo Colour Imager) is a stereoscopic camera that photographs the Martian surface to reveal detail as small as 2 m. The images are used to produce a geological map showing the location of different minerals and rock types. The HRSC Principal Investigator is Ralf Jaumann, DLR, Ralf.Jaumann@dlr.de.

The primary source for HRSC data is the ESA Planetary Science Archive.

Through a cooperative agreement between ESA and NASA, the PDS Geosciences Node is hosting copies of the HRSC data archives. The PDS Imaging Node also has copies.

Copy of HRSC data at the PDS Geosciences Node

Version 2 of the radiometrically calibrated images and map projected data have been removed and replaced by version 3.

More information about HRSC is on the HRSC web site.

Online Tools

	Mars Orbital Data Explorer - Provides search, display, and download  tools for this data set.
	HRSCview Data Explorer - Online visualization tool provided by the HRSC Science Team that allows a user to view regions of interest in HRSC images at full resolution without downloading the products.

March 26, 2018. Radiometrically calibrated image data (V3) have been added with coverage through October 14, 2016.

September 18, 2017. Radiometrically calibrated image data (V3) have been added with coverage through August 17, 2016.

April 25, 2017. Map-projected data (V3) have been added, with coverage through August 19, 2014. The coverage now extends beyond the V2 data set. The V2 data will remain online for six months, through approximately October 25, 2017, and then it will be removed.

Mar. 13, 2017. Map-projected data (V3) have been added, with coverage through November 30, 2013.

Oct. 24, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through August 7, 2011.

Sept. 2, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through May 7, 2010.

July 26 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through August 13, 2009.

July 13, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through October 6, 2008.

June 17, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through January 19, 2008.

June 10, 2016. A new HRSC data set containing high resolution images, DTMs and mosaics of Phobos has been released, Also, new version 3 Radiometrically Calibrated data have been added with coverage through Dec. 31, 2015.

June 2, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through June 8, 2007.

April 27, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through November 25, 2005.

April 12, 2016. New version 3 map projected data have been added, with coverage through March 18, 2005.

March 18, 2016. New map projected data (version 3) have been added, with coverage through July 9, 2004. Additional version 3 data will be released incrementally until it completely replaces the version 2 data set. Six months after that the version 2 data will be taken offline.

February 12, 2016. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through May 24, 2015. This completes the replacement of version 2 of this data set.

January 27, 2016. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through August 5, 2013.

 December 16, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through June 30, 2011..

November 20, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through June 13, 2009.

November 13, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through January 23, 2009.

October 29, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through January 19, 2008.

August 20, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through July 8, 2005.

 August 10, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through February 18, 2005.

July 21, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through September 30, 2004.

July 14, 2015. New radiometrically calibrated (version 3) data have been added, with coverage through May 13, 2004.

June 5, 2015. A new version (V3) of the HRSC radiometrically calibrated data set is being released by the team. It features improved radiometric calibration based on inflight calibration measurements. The older version (V2) will remain available for six months after the complete version 3 data are released.

February 20, 2014. New Radiometrically Calibrated data are available, extending the coverage through orbit 13323, June 30, 2014.

February 17, 2014. New Map Projected data are available, extending the coverage through orbit 13323, June 30, 2014.

August 12, 2014. New Radiometrically Calibrated and Map Projected data are available, extending the coverage through orbit 12707, December 31, 2013.

June 11, 2014. New DTM data are available through orbit 6567, February 12, 2009.