After 20 years, Mars Express Space Craft Gets a Windows 98 Upgrade

Mars Express Spacecraft is a Mars Mission from the European Space Agency (ESA), that is working since last 19 years.

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The MARSIS instrument played a key role in the discovery of a huge underground aquifer of liquid water on Mars in 2018

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The new update will allow the Mars Express Spacecraft to see beneath the surfaces of Mars and its moon Phobos in more detail than ever before.

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The new software will aim at improving the signal reception and onboard data processing to further enhance the quality and increase the amount of data sent to Earth.

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Since the MARSIS was working on the same OS since last 19 years, it faced numerous performance challenges.

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The new Windows 98 upgrade will increase the Mars Space Craft performance by 5X.

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