Mars Express Confirms Water Ice on Red Planet

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at January 23, 2004 12:00 PM

Mars Express has made the first detection of a chemical signature of the water ice at the south pole. Officials said today they had essentially seen the vapors of water at the surface. "You look at the picture, look at the fingerprint and say this is water ice," said Allen Moorehouse of European Space Agency. "This is the first time it's been detected on the ground. This is the first direct confirmation."