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The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC), also known as the Video Monitoring Camera and Mars Webcam, is a small camera mounted on Mars Express spacecraft. It is operated by the Mars Express Flight Control Team at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. Originally, VMC was a technical camera to monitor the separation of the Beagle 2 lander, but after a few years, it was repurposed into Mars Webcam, streaming its data to the web and even being used for science.

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  • The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC), also known as the Video Monitoring Camera and Mars Webcam, is a small camera mounted on Mars Express spacecraft. It is operated by the Mars Express Flight Control Team at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. Originally, VMC was a technical camera to monitor the separation of the Beagle 2 lander, but after a few years, it was repurposed into Mars Webcam, streaming its data to the web and even being used for science. Starting in 2007, the VMC was used for the Mars Webcam project, where it takes global views of Mars at a high cadence and they are posted online. The VMC is a camera-on-chip design, using the IRIS-1 system. Originally used as engineering monitoring camera for the Beagle 2 lander, it has a wide 40° field of view and limited imaging controls and it has no focus mechanism. In 2016, it was used for professional science in addition to its roles as a technical monitoring camera and public outreach. (en)
  • La Visual Monitoring Camera (o Video Monitoring Camera) è una piccola macchina fotografica installata sulla sonda Mars Express. Suo unico scopo era quello di riprendere il distacco del lander Beagle 2 dalla Mars Express, avvenuto nel 2003, dopodiché non aveva più nessun utilizzo scientifico. Essendo però ancora funzionante, ESA decise di utilizzarla "a tempo perso", cioè con bassa priorità rispetto alle missioni scientifiche principali, per inviare continuamente a Terra immagini di Marte. Attualmente è attivo un sistema automatico di upload delle immagini su Flickr man mano che arrivano da Marte, e le foto sono liberamente scaricabili e utilizzabili da chiunque a patto di citarne la fonte. (it)
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  • The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC), also known as the Video Monitoring Camera and Mars Webcam, is a small camera mounted on Mars Express spacecraft. It is operated by the Mars Express Flight Control Team at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. Originally, VMC was a technical camera to monitor the separation of the Beagle 2 lander, but after a few years, it was repurposed into Mars Webcam, streaming its data to the web and even being used for science. (en)
  • La Visual Monitoring Camera (o Video Monitoring Camera) è una piccola macchina fotografica installata sulla sonda Mars Express. Suo unico scopo era quello di riprendere il distacco del lander Beagle 2 dalla Mars Express, avvenuto nel 2003, dopodiché non aveva più nessun utilizzo scientifico. Essendo però ancora funzionante, ESA decise di utilizzarla "a tempo perso", cioè con bassa priorità rispetto alle missioni scientifiche principali, per inviare continuamente a Terra immagini di Marte. (it)
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