Image of a 1.4 km sized crater (left centre) on the rim of a much larger crater near the Mars equator. It was acquired at 7.2 metres/pixel. The images are very sharp and show the instrument is working extremely well at its nominal data acquisition rates.
The Mars Camera, CaSSIS, on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured its first high resolution images of the Red Planet last week. The Bernese camera worked almost perfectly and has provided spectacular views of the surface. CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System) has been developed by a team from the University of Bern led by Prof. Nicolas Thomas from the Center of Space and Habitability (CSH). It was launched with the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) on 14 March 2016. TGO entered orbit around Mars on 19 October. The onboard camera, CaSSIS, has returned its first images from orbit. 'The first images we received are absolutely spectacular - and it was only meant to be a test', says Nicolas Thomas.
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