Posted by tourdemars to Mars Express at June 27, 2004 07:08 PM

The deployment of a radar on Europe's Mars Express probe which is to look for water and ice under the Red Planet has been delayed until later this year. The 40m-long Marsis antenna was due to open out of the spacecraft on 20 April. The delay is linked to concerns that the antenna might swing back with a greater range of motion than expected after opening, hitting the spacecraft.