HomeWe asked the team working on the Mars Express Blog to introduce themselves.
Stuart Clark
Stuart is senior editor for space science on ESA's web portal team. He has a PhD in astrophysics and is an award-winning author. His books include The Sun Kings, Galaxy, Deep Space and Big Questions: Universe. As well as covering the very latest developments in space science for ESA, he is a regular voice on BBC radio and various podcasts. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Visiting Fellow of the University of Hertfordshire and a former vice-chair of the Association of British Science Writers. Web: www.stuartclark.com Twitter: @DrStuClark
Daniel Scuka
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Daniel Scuka has worked as Web editor at ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, since 2004. As part of the ESA Web portal team, he reports on spacecraft operations and covers activities at ESOC and other ESA establishments. He has blogged extensively for ESA, contributing to the Mars Express VMC Blog, the Rosetta Blog covering several Earth swing-bys and the Steins fly-by, the Columbus delivery mission blog in February 2008 and the ATV Blog covering launch, docking and reentry in 2008.
Thomas Ormston
Thomas' hometown is Winchester, United Kingdom. He came to ESA after finishing a master's degree in physics and space research at the University of Birmingham. He started at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, with ESA's Young Graduate Trainee scheme in 2005, continuing afterwards as a contractor. Throughout this time he's been a Spacecraft Operations Engineer on Mars Express and is mainly responsible for monitoring the health of the satellite's power and telecommunications systems.
Thomas also co-moderates VMC Mars Webcam Blog; he led the project to bring the VMC back into service in 2007 and now coordinates the camera's activities. He takes care of planning VMC observations and posting the resulting images here on the blog. He also deals with any technical issues or questions relating to VMC.
Hannes Griebel
Hannes graduated as a spacecraft systems engineer from the Technical University of Munich in 2002 and received his PhD from the University of the Federal Armed Forces of Germany in 2010. He joined the Mars Express flight control team as a Spacecraft Operations Engineer and Mission Planning Engineer in August, 2009. He is responsible for planning and coordinating spacecraft activities.
