Water Ice on Mars

ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has taken images of a water ice patch within a crater on Mars. The crater is located in northern latitude of Mars, in the plain known as Vastitas Borealis. The possibility of finding evidence of past life on Mars -- or perhaps life still existing, has increased. The finding also provides a boost for future manned missions to Mars, as water will be needed for the astronauts to survive there. Previously, ESA has detected a large frozen sea below the surface of Mars.

Image credit: ESA's Mars Express, High Resolution Stereo Camera.