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Planetary scientist & aerospace engineer specialized in science operations of solar system missions for the European Space Agency. Coordinator of the Spanish & Portuguese planetary communities as chair of the EuroPlanet Society Spain&Portugal Regional Hub, supporting and promoting the collaboration between Spanish and Portuguese planetary researchers and institutions. Nearly 20 years experience working for solar system missions of the European Space Agency. Now focusing on Mars exploration as manager of the science ground segment for the Mars Express mission, in coordination with ExoMars and other international projects. PhD in Space Science and an interdisciplinary research career with over 175 contributions to scientific journals and international conferences, specialized in terrestrial planet atmospheres and science operations, coordinating international teams for research, data processing, remote sensing instrumentation and mission operations. Member of the NASA Science Analysis Group for Mars Concurrent Exploration. Chair, convener and member of the organizing committees for various international space science conferences and workshops. Long mentoring and teaching experience at various levels of education (post-doc, PhD, Masters, graduate) including support to public outreach and science communication projects.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo

Citation names

  • Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro
  • Cardesin, A.
  • Moinelo, A. C.
  • Cardesin-Moinelo, A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C817-DB5C-F64F
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8932-9694
Google Scholar ID
zlB3YkUAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
23027072600

Email addresses

  • alejandro.cardesin@ext.esa.int (Professional)

Addresses

  • European Space Astronomy Centre, Camino bajo del Castillo s/n, 28692, Villafranca del Castillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy
  • Engineering and Technology - Mechanical Engineering - Aerospace Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Galician (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/01/01 - 2010/04/08
Concluded
 PhD in Space Science and Technology (Doctor)
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
"Study and Implementation of the End-to-End Data Pipeline for the Virtis Imaging Spectrometer Onboard Venus Express" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1998 - 2006
Concluded
 Telecommunications Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008 - Current Science and Technology Management European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
2021/07/01 - 2023/05/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain
2018 - 2022 Visiting Researcher (Research) European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal
(...)
2008 - 2016 Visiting Researcher (Research) European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
Istituto nazionale di astrofisica, Italy
2007 - 2010 Researcher (Research) Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
2006 - 2008 Science and Technology Management Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Italy
2005/02 - 2006/04 Science and Technology Management European Space Research and Technology Centre, Netherlands
European Space Agency, France
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2015/03 - 2018/02 UPWARDS-Understanding Planet Mars With Advanced Remote-sensing Datasets and Synergistic Studies
H2020-UPWARDS-633127
H2020-UPWARDS-633127
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain
 European Research Council
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2016 - Current Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera Scientific Research
ESA/PO/4000118461/16/ES/JD
Supervisor
European Space Agency, France

Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
European Space Agency
Ongoing
2013 - Current ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter Science Ground Segment
ExoMars
ESA/SCO-09-34-01
ESA/ExoMars2016/TGO/SGS
Science and Technology Management Fellow
European Space Agency, France
 European Space Agency
Ongoing
2008/11 - Current Venus Express VIRTIS - Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
VIRTIS VENUS-EXPRESS
Researcher
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
2008 - Current Mars Express Science Ground Segment
ESA/SCO-09-34-01
ESA RT 4962-074 (SOO)
MEX
Supervisor
European Space Agency
Ongoing
2022/06/01 - 2025/06/30 Mars Wind and Wave Mapping
ESA/PO/4000138190/22/ES/CM
Supervisor
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Portugal

European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
European Space Agency
Ongoing
2011 - 2016 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission
JUICE
Technical development
European Space Agency, France
 European Space Agency
Concluded
2011/09/01 - 2015/06/30 Solar System Science Operations Laboratory (SOLab)
ESA/PO/5001005527
ESA/PO/5001008790
Supervisor
European Space Agency, France

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

Ingeniería y Servicios Aeroespaciales SA, Spain
European Space Agency
Concluded
2005/09 - 2006/04 Rosetta International Mission
SOP-RSSD-SoW-008
Technical development
European Space Agency, France

European Space Research and Technology Centre, Netherlands
European Space Agency

Universidade de Vigo
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Svedhem, Håkan; Parrott, Jacob; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Wilson, Colin; Vermeersen, Bert. "Probing shallow subsurface water at Mars at UHF wavelengths". 2024.
  2. Martin, Patrick; Wilson, Colin; Godfrey, James; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Mahieux, Arnaud; Nespoli, Federico; Sierra, Mar; et al. "Extending Mars Express gyros for a scientific lifeline". 2024.
    10.5194/epsc2024-546
  3. Muniz, Carlos; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Frew, David; de la Fuente, Sara; Felix, Fernando; Ibarmia, Sergio; Martin, Patrick; et al. "MAPPS: Multi-Mission Science Operations Planning Evolution and Adaptation". 2024.
    10.5194/epsc2024-252
  4. Silva, José; Peralta, Javier; Imamura, Takeshi; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Lefevre, Maxence; Lee, Yeon Joo; Espadinha, Daniela. "Mesoscale stationary waves on Venus' dayside clouds". 2024.
    10.5194/epsc2024-306
  5. Silva, Jose; Peralta, Javier; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Hueso, Ricardo; Lee, Yeon Joo; Espadinha, Daniela. "Atmospheric gravity waves across the cloud deck of Venus". 2023.
  6. Brasil, Francisco; Machado, Pedro; Gilli, Gabriella; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Silva, Jose; Espadinha, Daniela; Riu, Lucie; et al. "Detecting and Characterising atmospheric gravity waves on Mars' atmosphere - Final results using data from OMEGA/Mars Express". 2023.
  7. Martin, Patrick; Wilson, Colin; Godfrey, James; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Blake, Rick; Johnstone, Andrew; Lucas, Luke; et al. "Mars Express: Toward a 20-year scientific and technical success story". 2023.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8669
  8. Svedhem, Håkan; Parrott, Jacob; Wilson, Colin; Witasse, Olivier; Titov, Dmitri; Godfrey, James; Schmitz, Peter; et al. "Mars Express — ExoMars TGO Mutual Radio Occultation Experiment". 2022.
  9. Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Merritt, Donald; Sierra Burgos, Mar; Esquej, Pilar; Grotheer, Emmanuel; Breitfellner, Michel; et al. "Mars Express Science Ground Segment operations overview". 2022.
    10.5194/epsc2022-752
  10. Wilson, Colin; Titov, Dmitri; Martin, Patrick; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Frew, David; Carter, John; Giuranna, Marco; et al. "Mars Express and Trace Gas Orbiter - status, science highlights, plans". 2022.
    10.5194/epsc2022-1136
  11. Leote, Catarina; Pereira, Sérgio; Retrê, João; Machado, Pedro; Gilli, Gabriella; Silva, José; Gonçalves, Ruben; et al. "Assembling aliens to explore the Solar System". 2021.
    10.5194/epsc2021-20
  12. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Geiger, Bernhard; Lacombe, Gaetan; Ristic, Bojan; Wolkenberg, Paulina; Gondet, Brigitte; Svedhem, Håkan; et al. "Atmospheric observations performed simultaneously in 2020-2021 by ESA's Mars Express and Trace Gas Orbiter". 2021.
    10.5194/epsc2021-128
  13. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Carter, John; Duxbury, Tom; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2021.
  14. Brasil, Francisco; Machado, Pedro; Gilli, Gabriella; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Silva, José E.; Espadinha, Daniela; Gondet, Brigitte; et al. "Characterising Atmospheric Gravity Waves on Mars using Mars Express OMEGA images - a preliminary study". 2021.
    10.5194/epsc2021-188
  15. Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin; Leyva, Juan Manuel; Erkoreka, Aitor; García-Morales, Josu; Hernández-Bernal, Jorge; del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Ordoñez-Etxeberria, Iñaki; et al. "Dynamical Phenomena in Martian dust storms". 2021.
    10.5194/epsc2021-251
  16. Machado, Pedro; Valido, Hermano; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Gilli, Gabriella; Brasil, Francisco; Silva, José E.; Pedro Machado; et al. "Final Results of Doppler Velocimetry Winds on Mars' Atmosphere". 2021.
    10.5194/epsc2021-295
  17. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Carter, John; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2021.
  18. Voelker, M.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.; Mätzler, E.. "Sinuous Channels on Amazonian Impact Ejecta — Indicators for Ground Ice?". 2021.
  19. Voelker, M.; Hauber, E.; Parro, L.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.. "Melting Mountains on Mars? —Sheet Deposits in a Montane Environment". 2021.
  20. Sanchez-Lavega, A.; García-Morales, J.; Hernandez-Bernal, J.; del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Hueso, R.; Ravanis, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; et al. "Atmospheric spirals in spring time on the edge of the North Pole of Mars". 2020.
  21. Hernandez-Bernal, J.; Sanchez-Lavega, A.; del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Hueso, R.; Ravanis, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Wood, S.; Titov, D. V.. "A long term study of twilight clouds on Mars based on Mars Express VMC images". 2020.
  22. Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Merritt, Donald; Breitfellner, Michel; Castillo Fraile, Manuel; Grotheer, Emmanuel; Sitjà, Marc Costa í.; et al. "Challenges for the New Science Campaigns in Mars Express future Mission Extensions". 2020.
  23. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Tom; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; González-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2020.
  24. Voelker, Martin; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Martin, Patrick. "The Melting Mountains of Mars? - Mud Flows in a Montane Environment, Terra Sirenum". 2020.
  25. Hernandez Bernal, Jorge; Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín; Del Río-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hueso, Ricardo; Ravanis, Eleni; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Wood, Simon; Titov, Dima. "A long term study of twilight clouds on Mars based on Mars Express VMC images". 2020.
  26. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; Gonzaìlez-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express Science Highlights and Future Plans". 2020.
  27. Hernandez Bernal, Jorge; Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hueso, Ricardo; Ordóñez-Etxeberria, Iñaki; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Ravanis, Eleni; et al. "Dynamics of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars Arsia Mons volcano". 2020.
  28. Grotheer, Emmanuel; Manaud, Nicolas. "New search capabilities based on observational geometry for Mars Express data in the ESA's Planetary Science Archive". 2020.
  29. Voelker, M.; Hauber, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.. "Talus Deposits on Mars - Proxies for Lithological Properties?". 2020.
  30. Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; López-Valverde, M. A.; Titov, D.; Svedhem, H.; Mars Express Center; ExoMars 2016 Science Operations Centre. "Mars Express and ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter: Mission Status and Recent Scientific Highlights". 2019.
  31. Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Piccioni, G.; Migliorini2, A.; Virtis-Vex Team. "Venus Nightside Atmosphere Mapped in the Infrared Atmospheric Windows and Thermal Emission as Seen by Virtis on Venus Express". 2019.
  32. Voelker, Martin; Hauber, Ernst; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Martin, Patrick. "Quantifying the Latitudinal Distribution of Landforms on Mars' Southern Hemisphere, Terra Sirenum". 2019.
  33. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; González-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2019.
  34. Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin; Hernandez-Bernal, Jorge; del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Titov, Dmitri; Wood, Simon; Delcroix, Marc. "The onset and expansion of the 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm from ground-based and VMC/MEx imaging". 2019.
  35. Ravanis, Eleni M.; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Hernandez-Bernal, Jorge; Almeida, Miguel; Wood, Simon; Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín; Titov, Dima; et al. "Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera: New Operations and Data Processing for more Science". 2019.
  36. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Geiger, Bernhard; Lacombe, Gaetan; Ristic, Bojan; Costa Sitjà, Marc; Titov, Dmitri; Svedhem, Häkan; et al. "One year of combined observations of Mars' Atmosphere by ESA's Mars Express and Trace Gas Orbiter". 2019.
  37. Hernández-Bernal, Jorge; Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín; Del Río-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Ravanis, Eleni M.; Titov, Dmitri; et al. "Dynamics of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars Arsia Mons volcano". 2019.
  38. Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Merritt, Donald; del Castillo, Manuel; Breitfellner, Michel; Sitjà, Marc Costa i.; Grotheer, Emmanuel; et al. "Mars Express Science Ground Segment evolution along 15 years of mission, new challenges and future perspectives.". 2019.
  39. Grotheer, Emmanuel. "New MEX-MARSIS Subsurface and AIS data released in the ESA's Planetary Science Archive". 2019.
  40. Hernández-Bernal, Jorge; Sánchez-Lavega, Agustín; Del Río-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Ravanis, Eleni M.; Titov, Dmitri; Wood, Simon; Dias Almeida, Miguel. "The 2018 Martian Global-Scale Dust Storm over the South Pole studied with VMC onboard Mars Express". 2019.
  41. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; González-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2019.
  42. Voelker, M.; Orgel, C.; Ramsdale, J. D.; Séjourné, A.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.. "Quantifying the Latitudinal Distribution of Landforms on Mars' Southern Hemisphere, Noachis Terra - Preliminary Results". 2019.
  43. Sanchez-Lavega, A.; Hernandez-Bernal, J.; del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Hueso, R.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Titov, D. V.; Wood, S.; Dia-Almeida, M.; de Burgos-Sierra, A.. "The 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm Over the South Pole Studied with VMC Onboard Mars Express". 2018.
  44. Del Rio Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hernandez-Bernal, Jorge; Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; de Burgos-Sierra, Abel; Titov, Dmitri; Wood, Simon; Dias Almeida, Miguel. "Clouds in the night side of Mars: an analysis using Mars Express VMC". 2018.
  45. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; González-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express: 15 years of hard work and discoveries". 2018.
  46. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Geiger, Bernhard; Costa Sitja, Marc; Titov, Dmitri; Svedhem, Hakan; Breitfellner, Michel; Castillo, Manuel; et al. "Coordinated Science Opportunities around Mars: Mars Express and ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter". 2018.
  47. Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Cardesín, Alejandro; Merritt, Donald; Castillo, Manuel; Breitfellner, Michel; Sitjà, Marc Costa i.; Grotheer, Emmanuel; Martin, Patrick; Titov, Dimitri. "Mars Express Science Ground segment evolution along 15 years of mission, new challenges and future perspectives". 2018.
  48. Muñiz, Carlos; Cardesin, Alejandro; Marin-Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Sitjà, Marc Costa i.; Merritt, Donald; Castillo, Manuel; Breitfellner, Michel; et al. "Mars Express going Gyroless - Impact on science operations systems". 2018.
  49. Hernandez Bernal, Jorge; Sánchez Lavega, Agustín; del Río Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesín Moinelo, Alejandro; de Burgos Sierra, Abel; Titov, Dmitri; Wood, Simon; Dias Almeida, Miguel. "Clouds in the night side of Mars: an analysis using Mars Express VMC". 2018.
  50. Marín-Yaseli de la Parra, J.; Martin, P.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Merritt, D.; Breitfellner, M.; Castillo, M.. "Mars Express Science Ground Segment overview: A study about the mission's evolution, new challenges and future perspectives". 2017.
  51. Sanchez-Lavega, A.; Garro, A.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Hueso, R.; Ordoñez-Etxeberria, I.; Chen, H. Chen; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; et al. "A singular double baroclinic vortex on Mars". 2017.
  52. Geiger, B.; Ashman, M.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Frew, D.; García Beteta, J.; Muñoz Fernández, M.. "Long Term Science Planning for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter". 2017.
  53. Titov, D.; Bibring, J. P.; Cardesin, A.; Duxbury, T.; Forget, F.; Giuranna, M.; González-Galindo, F.; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2017.
  54. Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Vallat, Claire; Altobelli, Nicolas; Frew, David; Llorente, Rosario; Costa, Marc; Almeida, Miguel; Witasse, Olivier. "Early development of Science Opportunity Analysis tools for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission". 2016.
  55. Altobelli, Nicolas; Cardesin, Alejandro; Costa, Marc; Frew, David; Lorente, Rosario; Vallat, Claire; Witasse, Olivier; Christian, Erd. "The Science Operations of the ESA JUICE mission". 2016.
  56. Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin; Chen, Hao Chen; Ordoñez-Etxeberria, Iñaki; Hueso, Ricardo; Cardesin, Alejandro; Titov, Dima; Wood, Simon. "Limb clouds and dust on Mars from VMC-Mars Express images". 2016.
  57. Cardesin Moinelo, A.; Frew, D.; Metcalfe, L.; Martin, P.; Manaud, N.; Villacorta, A.; Brumfitt, J.; Witasse, O.. "Design of a Science Operations Centre for the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter Mission". 2014.
  58. Cardesin Moinelo, A.; Sitjà, M. Costa i.; Altobelli, N.; Almeida, M.. "Science Operations Support Activities for the Definition Phase of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)". 2014.
  59. Cardesín Moinelo, A.; García Muñoz, A.; Piccioni, G.. "Lightning on Venus? Searching for optical evidence with VIRTIS on Venus Express". 2013.
  60. García Muñoz, A.; Cardesin Moinelo, A.; Piccioni, G.. "A full Earth orbit as viewed from Venus". 2013.
  61. Witasse, O. G.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Jakosky, B. M.; Grebowsky, J. M.; Lillis, R. J.; Opgenoorth, H. J.. "Plans for coordinated measurements around Mars with the Mars Express and MAVEN spacecraft". 2012.
  62. Tréguier, E.; Schmidt, F.; Schmidt, A.; Moussaoui, S.; Dobigeon, N.; Erard, S.; Cardesín, A.; Pinet, P.; Martin, P.. "Investigating Martian and Venusian hyperspectral datasets through Positive Source Separation". 2010.
  63. Migliorini, A.; Grassi, D.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Virtis-Venus Express Team. "Thermal Structure in the Venusian Atmosphere: Results after More than Two Years in Orbit of Venus-Express Mission". 2009.
  64. Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Piccioni, G.; Migliorini, A.; Drossart, P.. "Global Mapping of Venus' Atmosphere Using Accumulated Projections of Virtis Venus Express Observations". 2008.
  65. Wirth, Kristin R.; Cardesin, A.; Barthelemy, M.; Diaz del Rio, J.; Zender, J.; Arviset, C.. "Rosetta Planetary Science Archive (PSA) Status". 2006.
Conference paper
  1. Hernández-Bernal, J.; Spiga, A.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Forget, F.; Larsen, E.; Tirsch, D.; et al. "Elongated Clouds on Mars. A Globally and Yearly Wide Exploration". 2024.
  2. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Montabone, Luca. "Mars Smallsat Mission & Instrumentation Studies for Global Meteorology & Space Weather Monitoring". 2024.
  3. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Montabone, Luca; Heavens, Nicholas. "Mars Smallsat Constellations: Opportunities for Mars Meteorology, Space Weather, Comms Relay & Navigation". 2023.
  4. Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Larsen, E.; Hernández-Bernal, J.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Ordóñez-Etxeberría, I.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.. "Atmospheric Disturbances in Martian Year 36 from Orbiters during the Operation of Rover Perverance". 2023.
  5. Cabada, Cintia; Ulla-Miguel, Ana; Rey, Daniel; Rubal, Marcos; Alfaya, Eduardo; Aldana, Milagrosa; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro. "Marine Tardigrades as a Model of Extraterrestrial Habitability: AN Astrobiological Study at the University of Vigo". 2023.
  6. Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Lopez-Puertas, M.; Lopez-Valverde, M.; Gonzalez-Galindo, F.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Hueso, R.; Hernandez Bernal, J.; et al. "Mars Smallsat Constellations: Spanish Science Consortium for Mars Meteorology, Space Weather & Engineering Services". 2023.
  7. Franco, Rita; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Ulla-Miguel, Ana; Gómez, Felipe; Arribas-Tiemblo, Miguel; Sieiro, Carmen; Aguado, Fernando. "Survival on Mars: AN Astrobiological Study in a Simulated Space Environment at the University of Vigo". 2023.
  8. del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Larsen, E.; Hernández-Bernal, J.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.. "Gravity Waves in Mars Imaged by the Visual Monitoring Camara Onboard Mars Express". 2023.
  9. Ramírez Ramos, Alejandro; Cardesín Moinelo, Alejandro; Ulla Miguel, Ana; Moral Inza, Andoni; Berrocal Bravo, Alicia; Briones Llorente, Carlos; Chiussi, Stefano; et al. "Proposal of a preliminay Planetary Protection protocol for the development of future Mars missions at the University of Vigo". 2023.
  10. Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Machado, P.; Brasil, F.; Martin, P.. "Mars Wind & Wave Mapping (MWWM) project: A global view of Martian atmosphere from Earth telescopes, Space missions and 3D climate models". 2023.
  11. Grotheer, E.; Breitfellner, M.; Godfrey, J.; Heather, D.; Martin, P.; Wilson, C.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; et al. "New MEX-HRSC Radiometrically Calibrated Data in the ESA's Planetary Science Archive GIS-Based Map View". 2023.
  12. Montabone, Luca; Forget, Francois; Lillis, Robert; Vandaele, Ann C.; Karatekin, Özgür; Wolff, Michael; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; et al. "The case and approach for continuous, simultaneous, quasi-global weather monitoring on Mars". 2022.
  13. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Gondet, Brigitte; Titov, Dmitrij; Wilson, Colin; Martin, . Patrick; Machado, Pedro; Brasil, Francisco. "Mars Wind & Wave Mapping (MWWM) research project: preliminary results". 2022.
  14. Wilson, Colin; Titov, Dmitrij; Martin, . Patrick; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro. "Mars Express Orbiter - science highlights". 2022.
  15. Montabone, L.; Heavens, N. G.; Pankine, A.; Wolff, M.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Geiger, B.; Forget, F.; et al. "The Case and Approach for Continuous, Simultaneous, Global Mars Weather Monitoring from Orbit". 2022.
  16. Brasil, F.; Machado, P.; Gilli, G.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Silva, J. E.; Espadinha, D.; Rianço-Silva, R.. "Probing Atmospheric Gravity Waves on Mars' Atmosphere Using Mars Express OMEGA Data". 2022.
  17. Wolkenberg, P.; Giuranna, M.; Grassi, D.; Spiga, A.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Merritt, D.; Marin-Yaseli de la Parra, J.. "Preliminary Results of Atmospheric Parameters Varying with LT around Volcanoes from PFX-MEx Observations". 2022.
  18. Machado, P.; Valido, H.; Gilli, G.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Brasil, F.; Silva, J. E.. "First Attempt to Retrieve a Mars Atmospheric Wind Map from Earth, Using VLT/UVES During the 2018 Global Dust Storm". 2022.
  19. Montabone, L.; Heavens, N. G.; Guzevich, S. D.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.. "Mars Weather Monitoring from Orbit: A Low-Cost Scenario". 2022.
  20. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Montabone, Luca. "Mars Smallsats and Instrumentation: Spanish Science Consortium for Meteorology & Space Weather Monitoring". 2022.
  21. Grotheer, E.; Barbarisi, I.; Bentley, M.; Besse, S.; Breitfellner, M.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Castillo, M.; et al. "Using the ESA's Planetary Science Archive to Search for Mars Express VMC Data of an Elongated Cloud Near Arsia Mons". 2021.
  22. Ravanis, Eleni; Hueso, Ricardo; Sanchez-Lavega, Agustin; Del Rio-Gaztelurrutia, Teresa; Titov, Dmitrij; Martin, Patrick; Hernández-Bernal, Jorge; et al. "Science with small cameras: The Visual Monitoring Camera on-board Mars Express". 2021.
  23. Hernández-Bernal, J.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Ravanis, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Connour, K.; Tirsch, D.; et al. "Dynamics of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars Arsia Mons volcano". 2020.
  24. Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Piccioni, G.; Migliorini, A.; Grassi, D.; Cottini, V.; Titov, D.; Politi, R.; Nuccilli, F.; Drossart, P.. "Venus atmospheric cloud opacity, particle size and cloud top temperature mapped in the nightside with VIRTIS Venus Express". 2020.
  25. Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Titov, D.; Svedhem, H.. "Recent Scientific Highlights from Mars: Mars Express and ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter". 2019.
  26. Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; López-Valverde, M. A.; Mars Express Centre; ExoMars Science Operations Centre. "From Mars Express to ExoMars: Two missions working together around Mars". 2019.
  27. Geiger, Bernhard; Muñoz, Claudio; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Frew, David; Aberasturi Vega, Miriam; Ashman, Mike; Garcia Beteta, Juan Jose; et al. "Long Term Planning for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Mission: Opportunity Analysis and Observation Scheduling". 2018.
    10.2514/6.2018-2608
  28. Ashman, Mike; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Frew, David; Garcia Beteta, Juan Jose; Geiger, Bernhard; Metcalfe, Leo; Muñoz, Michela; Nespoli, Federico. "Science Planning Implementation and Challenges for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter". 2018.
    10.2514/6.2018-2580
  29. Merritt, Donald R.; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Marin Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Breitfellner, Michel; Blake, Rick; Castillo Fraile, Manuel; Grotheer, Emmanuel; Martin, Patrick; Titov, Dmitri. "Mars Express Science Operations During Deep Eclipse: An Example of Adapting Science Operations On Aging Spacecraft". 2018.
    10.2514/6.2018-2354
  30. Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Geiger, Bernhard; Costa, Marc; Breitfellner, Michel; Castillo, Manuel; Marin Yaseli de la Parra, Julia; Martin, Patrick; et al. "ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter and Mars Express Coordinated Science Operations Planning". 2018.
    10.2514/6.2018-2352
  31. Munoz Fernandez, Michela; Frew, David; Ashman, Michael; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Garcia Beteta, Juan Jose; Geiger, Bernhard; Metcalfe, Leo; Nespoli, Federico; Muniz Solaz, Carlos. "ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Instrument Modelling Approach to Streamline Science Operations". 2018.
    10.2514/6.2018-2351
  32. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; González-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2018.
  33. Titov, D.; Bibring, J. -P.; Cardesin, A.; Duxbury, T.; Forget, F.; Giuranna, M.; González-Galindo, F.; et al. "Atmospheric Observations by Mars Express". 2018.
  34. Cala, A.; López-Valverde, M. A.; Grotheer, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Upwards Team. "A software pipeline for delivery of scientific results as PDS4". 2018.
  35. Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Garro, A.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Hueso, R.; OrdoñezEtxeberria, I.; Chen, H. Chen; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; et al. "Sanchez-Lavega_A". 2018.
  36. Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Geiger, B.; Costa, M.; Titov, D.; Svedhem, H.. "Preliminary analysis of possible coordinated observations between Mars Express and ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter". 2018.
  37. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Mars Express Operations Centre; ExoMars Science Operations Centre. "Re-use of Science Operations Systems around Mars: from Mars Express to ExoMars". 2017.
  38. Titov, Dmitrij; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Thomas; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; González-Galindo, Francisco; et al. "Mars Express recent findings and future plans". 2017.
  39. Lorente, Rosario; Altobelli, Nicolas; Vallat, Claire; Munoz, Claudio; Andres, Rafael; Cardesin, Alejandro; Witasse, Olivier; Erd, Christian. "The ESA JUICE mission: the Science and the Science Operations". 2017.
  40. Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Almeida, M.; Titov, D.; Wood, S.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Chen Chen, H.; et al. "A "New" Scientific Camera around Mars, Getting Science with Visual Monitoring Camera onboard Mars Express". 2017.
  41. Titov, D.; Cardesin, A.; Martin, P.; Duxbury, T.; Forget, F.; Giuranna, M.; González-Galindo, F.; et al. "MARS EXPRESS: Mission Status, Recent Findings and future Plans". 2017.
  42. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro. "No lightning detection in Venus Atmosphere as seen from VIRTIS Venus Express Visible channel". 2016.
  43. Titov, Dmitri; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Cardesin, Alejandro; Duxbury, Tom; Forget, Francois; Giuranna, Marco; Holmstroem, Mats; et al. "Mars EXpress: status and recent findings". 2016.
  44. Abildgaard, Sofie; Cardesin, Alejandro; Garcia Múnoz, Antonio; Piccioni, Giuseppe. "A search for optical evidence for lightning on Venus with VIRTIS on Venus Express". 2015.
  45. Gondet, Brigitte; Bibring, Jean-Pierre; Montmessin, Franck; Giuranna, Marco; Hoffmann, Harald; Cardesin, Alejandro. "The Mars Express limbs observations database". 2015.
  46. Costa, Marc; Altobelli, Nicolas; Almeida, Miguel; Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro. "The Solar System Science Operations Laboratory: A Planetary Science Lab Simulator supporting the JUpiter Icy moons Explorer (JUICE) science operations development". 2014.
    10.2514/6.2014-1912
  47. Nazarov, Vladimir; Heather, David; Frew, David; Eismont, Natan; Manaud, Nicolas; Ledkov, Anton; Nazirov, Ravil; et al. "Coordinated ground system for joint science operations for the ExoMars2016 TGO mission.". 2014.
  48. Sitjà, M.C.; Cardesín, A.; Altobelli, N.; Almeida, M.. "Solar system science operations tools supporting the definition phase of the Jupiter Icy moons explorer (JUICE)". 2014.
  49. Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Martin, Patrick. "Evolution of Science Operations after 10 years of the Mars Express Mission". 2013.
  50. Witasse, Olivier; Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro; Costa, Marc; Salah, Sophia ID; Jakosky, Bruce; Grebowsky, Joseph; Lillis, Rob; et al. "Plans for coordinated measurements with the Mars Express and MAVEN spacecraft". 2013.
  51. Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Sanchez Portal, Miguel. "INSA Virtual Labs: a new R+D framework for innovative space science and technology". 2012.
  52. Witasse, O.; Opgenoorth, H. J.; Andrews, D.; Lester, M.; Fraenz, M.; Morgan, D.; Withers, P.; et al. "Mars Express aeromomy and solar wind observation campaigns: Overview and selection of results". 2012.
  53. Almeida, M.; Costa, M.; Cardesín, A.; Altobelli, N.. "Solar System Operations Lab for constructing optimized science observations". 2012.
    10.2514/6.2012-1295153
  54. Sitja, M.C.; Cardesin, A.; Almeida, M.; Altobelli, N.. "Constructing optimized observations - The solar system science operations laboratory". 2012.
  55. Schulster, J.; Gondet, B.; Witasse, O.; Denis, M.; Griebel, H.; Ormston, T.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.. "Support to the CO2 Cloud Observations by Mars Express with the VMC Visual Monitoring Camera". 2011.
  56. Migliorini, A.; Grassi, D.; Piccioni, G.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Drossart, P.. "Investigation on the thermal structure of Venus mesosphere, as observed by VIRTIS, on board Venus Express mission". 2009.
  57. Cardesín Moinelo, Alejandro. "Calibration pipeline of VIRTIS-M onboard Venus Express". 2009.
    10.1109/WHISPERS.2009.5289087
  58. Migliorini, A.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Virtis-Venus Express Team. "Hydroxyl nightglow on Venus observed by VIRTIS on Venus-Express". 2009.
  59. Migliorini, A.; Grassi, D.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Virtis-Vex Team. "Thermal Structure in the Venusian Atmosphere: Diurnal and Annual Variations". 2009.
  60. Migliorini, Alessandra; Zasova, Ludmila; Piccioni, Giuseppe; Drossart, Pierre; Cardesín Moinelo, Alejandro. "Variability and local distribution of oxygen airglow on Venus". 2008.
  61. Politi, Romolo; Piccioni, Giuseppe; Drossart, Pierre; Cardesín Moinelo, Alejandro; Khatuntsev, Igor. "Study of the Venus Southern polar vortex as seen by VIRTIS on Venus Express". 2008.
  62. Wirth, Kristin; Dhiri, Viney; Koschny, Detlef; Diaz del Rio, Jorge; Zender, Joe; Schwehm, Gerhard; Solaz, Ruben; Cardesin, Alejandro. "Rosetta Planning Concept for Pre-Comet Scenarios Illustrated with Deep Impact Observations". 2006.
    10.2514/6.2006-5887
Conference poster
  1. Machado, Pedro; Brasil, Francisco; Valido, Hermano; Gilli, Gabriella; Silva, José Eduardo; Espadinha, Daniela; Cardesin, A.; Gondet, Brigitte. "Mars wind maps and gravity wave characterisation using Ground Telescopes and Mars Express and Trace Gas Orbiter observations". Paper presented in The 14th Sci Science Workshop - ESA internal workshop, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Hernández-Bernal, Jorge; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Hueso, Ricardo; Ravanis, Eleni; Burgos-Sierra, Abel; Wood, Simon; Costa-Sitja, Marc; et al. "The Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Mars Express: A new science instrument made from an old webcam orbiting Mars". Planetary and Space Science (2024):
    10.1016/j.pss.2024.105972
  2. Jacob Parrott; Håkan Svedhem; Olivier Witasse; Colin Wilson; Ingo Müller-Wodarg; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Peter Schmitz; et al. "First Results of Mars Express—ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Mutual Radio Occultation". Radio Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1029/2023RS007873.
    10.1029/2023RS007873
  3. Silva, José E.; Peralta, Javier; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro; Hueso, Ricardo; Espadinha, Daniela; Lee, Yeon Joo. "Atmospheric gravity waves in Venus dayside clouds from VIRTIS-M images". Icarus (2024):
    10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116076
  4. A. Cardesin-Moinelo; J. Godfrey; E. Grotheer; R. Blake; S. Damiani; S. Wood; T. Dressler; et al. "Mars Express: 20 Years of Mission, Science Operations and Data Archiving". Space Science Reviews (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01059-0.
    10.1007/s11214-024-01059-0
  5. Sánchez-Lavega, A.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Spiga, A.; Hernández-Bernal, J.; Larsen, E.; Tirsch, D.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.; Machado, P.. "Dynamical Phenomena in the Martian Atmosphere Through Mars Express Imaging". Space Science Reviews (2024):
    10.1007/s11214-024-01047-4
  6. Lucie Riu; John Carter; François Poulet; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Patrick Martin. "Global surficial water content stored in hydrated silicates at Mars from OMEGA/MEx". Icarus 398 (2023): 115537-115537. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115537.
    10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115537
  7. Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Erkoreka, A.; Hernández-Bernal, J.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; García-Morales, J.; Ordoñez-Etxeberría, I.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; et al. "Cellular patterns and dry convection in textured dust storms at the edge of Mars North Polar Cap". Icarus (2022):
    10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115183
  8. Voelker, M.; Ruiz, J.; Parro, L. M.; Hauber, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.. "From hot to cold? - Hydrothermal activities as a source for icy-debris flows on Dryas Mons, Terra Sirenum, Mars". Icarus (2022):
    10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114698
  9. Sefton-Nash, Elliot; Thébault, Guillaume; Witasse, Olivier; Koschny, Detlef; Sánchez-Cano, Beatriz; Cardesín-Moinelo, Alejandro. "Visibility analysis of Phobos to support a science and exploration platform". Earth, Planets and Space (2021):
    10.1186/s40623-021-01542-w
  10. Hernández-Bernal, J.; Sánchez-Lavega, A.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Hueso, R.; Ravanis, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Wood, S.; Titov, D.. "A Long Term Study of Mars Mesospheric Clouds Seen at Twilight Based on Mars Express VMC Images". Geophysical Research Letters (2021):
    10.1029/2020GL092188
  11. J. Hernández-Bernal; A. Sánchez-Lavega; T. del. Río-Gaztelurrutia; E. Ravanis; A. Cardesín-Moinelo; K. Connour; D. Tirsch; et al. "An Extremely Elongated Cloud over Arsia Mons Volcano on Mars: I. Life Cycle". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets (2020): https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006517.
    10.1029/2020JE006517
  12. Voelker, M.; Hauber, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.. "Quantifying the latitudinal distribution of climate-related landforms on Mars' southern hemisphere". Icarus (2020):
    10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113806
  13. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro. "Global maps of Venus nightside mean infrared thermal emissions obtained by VIRTIS on Venus Express". Icarus (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113683.
    10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113683
  14. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro. "First year of coordinated science observations by Mars Express and ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter". Icarus (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113707.
    10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113707
  15. Sánchez-Cano, Beatriz; Lester, Mark; Witasse, Olivier; Morgan, David D.; Opgenoorth, Hermann; Andrews, David J.; Blelly, Pierre-Louis; et al. "Mars' Ionospheric Interaction With Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring's Coma at Their Closest Approach as Seen by Mars Express". Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) (2020):
    10.1029/2019JA027344
  16. J. Hernández-Bernal; A. Sánchez-Lavega; T. Río-Gaztelurrutia; R. Hueso; A. Cardesín-Moinelo; E. M. Ravanis; A. Burgos-Sierra; D. Titov; S. Wood. "The 2018 Martian Global Dust Storm Over the South Polar Region Studied With MEx/VMC". Geophysical Research Letters 46 17-18 (2019): 10330-10337. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084266.
    10.1029/2019GL084266
  17. Voelker, M.; Hauber, E.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Martin, P.. "Quantifying the Latitudinal Distribution of Volatile-Related Landforms on Mars' Southern Hemisphere, Terra Cimmeria". LPI Contributions (2019):
  18. Titov, D. V.; Bibring, J. -P.; Cardesin, A.; Duxbury, T.; Forget, F.; Giuranna, M.; González-Galindo, F.; et al. "Mars Express Science Highlights and Future Plans". LPI Contributions (2019):
  19. Giuranna, Marco; Viscardy, Sébastien; Daerden, Frank; Neary, Lori; Etiope, Giuseppe; Oehler, Dorothy; Formisano, Vittorio; et al. "Independent confirmation of a methane spike on Mars and a source region east of Gale Crater". Nature Geoscience (2019):
    10.1038/s41561-019-0331-9
  20. A. Sánchez-Lavega; A. Garro; T. Río-Gaztelurrutia; R. Hueso; I. Ordoñez-Etxeberria; H. Chen Chen; A. Cardesín-Moinelo; et al. "A Seasonally Recurrent Annular Cyclone in Mars Northern Latitudes and Observations of a Companion Vortex". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 123 11 (2018): 3020-3034. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005740.
    10.1029/2018JE005740
  21. Metcalfe, L.; Aberasturi, M.; Alonso, E.; Álvarez, R.; Ashman, M.; Barbarisi, I.; Brumfitt, J.; et al. "ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) Science Ground Segment (SGS)". Space Science Reviews (2018):
    10.1007/s11214-018-0511-8
  22. López-Valverde, Miguel A.; Gerard, Jean-Claude; González-Galindo, Francisco; Vandaele, Ann-Carine; Thomas, Ian; Korablev, Oleg; Ignatiev, Nikolai; et al. "Investigations of the Mars Upper Atmosphere with ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter". Space Science Reviews (2018):
    10.1007/s11214-017-0463-4
  23. Sánchez-Lavega, A.; Chen-Chen, H.; Ordoñez-Etxeberria, I.; Hueso, R.; del Río-Gaztelurrutia, T.; Garro, A.; Cardesín-Moinelo, A.; Titov, D.; Wood, S.. "Limb clouds and dust on Mars from images obtained by the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) onboard Mars Express". Icarus (2018):
    10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.026
  24. Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Abildgaard, S.; García Muñoz, A.; Piccioni, G.; Grassi, D.. "No statistical evidence of lightning in Venus night-side atmosphere from VIRTIS-Venus Express Visible observations". Icarus (2016):
    10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.027
  25. Pasewaldt, A.; Oberst, J.; Willner, K.; Beisembin, B.; Hoffmann, H.; Matz, K. D.; Roatsch, T.; et al. "Astrometric observations of Phobos with the SRC on Mars Express. New data and comparison of different measurement techniques". Astronomy and Astrophysics (2015):
    10.1051/0004-6361/201525957
  26. Witasse, O.; Duxbury, T.; Chicarro, A.; Altobelli, N.; Andert, T.; Aronica, A.; Barabash, S.; et al. "Mars Express investigations of Phobos and Deimos". Planetary and Space Science (2014):
    10.1016/j.pss.2013.08.002
  27. Migliorini, A.; Piccioni, G.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Drossart, P.. "Hydroxyl airglow on Venus in comparison with Earth". Planetary and Space Science (2011):
    10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.004
  28. Migliorini, A.; Altieri, F.; Zasova, L.; Piccioni, G.; Bellucci, G.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.; Drossart, P.; et al. "Oxygen airglow emission on Venus and Mars as seen by VIRTIS/VEX and OMEGA/MEX imaging spectrometers". Planetary and Space Science (2011):
    10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.019
  29. Cardesin Moinelo, Alejandro; Piccioni, Giuseppe; Ammannito, Eleonora; Filacchione, Gianrico; Drossart, Pierre. "Calibration of Hyperspectral Imaging Data: VIRTIS-M Onboard Venus Express". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2010):
    10.1109/TGRS.2010.2064325
  30. Grassi, D.; Migliorini, A.; Montabone, L.; Lebonnois, S.; Cardesìn-Moinelo, A.; Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Zasova, L. V.. "Thermal structure of Venusian nighttime mesosphere as observed by VIRTIS-Venus Express". Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) (2010):
    10.1029/2009JE003553
  31. Piccioni, G.; Zasova, L.; Migliorini, A.; Drossart, P.; Shakun, A.; García Muñoz, A.; Mills, F. P.; Cardesin-Moinelo, A.. "Near-IR oxygen nightglow observed by VIRTIS in the Venus upper atmosphere". Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) (2009):
    10.1029/2008JE003133
  32. Gilli, G.; López-Valverde, M. A.; Drossart, P.; Piccioni, G.; Erard, S.; Cardesín Moinelo, A.. "Limb observations of CO2 and CO non-LTE emissions in the Venus atmosphere by VIRTIS/Venus Express". Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) (2009):
    10.1029/2008JE003112
  33. Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Zasova, L.; Migliorini, A.; Gérard, J. -C.; Mills, F. P.; Shakun, A.; et al. "First detection of hydroxyl in the atmosphere of Venus". Astronomy and Astrophysics (2008):
    10.1051/0004-6361:200809761
  34. Piccioni, G.; Drossart, P.; Sanchez-Lavega, A.; Hueso, R.; Taylor, F. W.; Wilson, C. F.; Grassi, D.; et al. "South-polar features on Venus similar to those near the north pole". Nature (2007):
    10.1038/nature06209
  35. Drossart, P.; Piccioni, G.; Gérard, J. C.; Lopez-Valverde, M. A.; Sanchez-Lavega, A.; Zasova, L.; Hueso, R.; et al. "A dynamic upper atmosphere of Venus as revealed by VIRTIS on Venus Express". Nature (2007):
    10.1038/nature06140
Preprint
  1. Francisco Brasil; Pedro Machado; Gabriella Gilli; Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; José E. Silva; Daniela Espadinha; Daniela Tirsch; et al. "Morphological and dynamical characterisation of Gravity Waves on Mars atmosphere using the High-Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express". 2024. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-656.
    10.5194/epsc2024-656
  2. Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Ethan Larsen; Jorge Hernández-Bernal; Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Iñaki Ordóñez-Etxeberria; Alejandro Cardesin Moinelo. "Planetary and synoptic-scale atmospheric disturbances from images of Mars during Martian Year 36". 2023. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8619.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8619
  3. Jacob Parrott; Hakan Svedhem; Olivier Witasse; Colin F Wilson; Ingo C. F. Mueller-Wodarg; Alejandro Cardesín Moinelo; Peter Schmitz; et al. "First Results of Mars Express - ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Mutual Radio Occultation". 2023. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169603561.10488051/v1.
    10.22541/essoar.169603561.10488051/v1
  4. Jorge Hernández-Bernal´; Agustín Sánchez Lavega; Teresa del Río Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso Alonso; Alejandro Cardesín Moinelo. "Cloud tracking and dynamics of Martian mesospheric clouds in twilight as seen by MEX/VMC". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-456.
    10.5194/epsc2022-456
  5. Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Bernhard Geiger; Gaetan Lacombe; Bojan Ristic; Paulina Wolkenberg; Hakan Svedhem; Colin Wilson; et al. "Coordination of Mars Express and Trace Gas Orbiter joint observations of the Martian atmosphere in 2021-2022". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-136.
    10.5194/epsc2022-136
  6. Alejandro Ramírez Ramos; Ana Ulla Miguel; Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Carmen Sieiro Vázquez; Andoni Moral Inza; Stefano Chiussi; Alicia Berrocal Bravo; et al. "Proposal of a preliminary Planetary Protection protocol for the development of future Mars missions at the University of Vigo.". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-500.
    10.5194/epsc2022-500
  7. Jorge Hernández Bernal; Alejandro Cardesín Moinelo; Ricardo Hueso Alonso; Eleni Ravanis; Abel Burgos Sierra; Simon Wood; Julia Marín Yaseli de la Parra; et al. "The Visual Monitoring Camera on Mars Express: calibrating a new science instrument made from an old webcam orbiting Mars". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-684.
    10.5194/epsc2022-684
  8. Agustin Sanchez-Lavega; Ethan Larsen; Jorge Hernandez-Bernal; Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Iñaki Ordoñez-Etxeberría; Jesús Ordorika; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo. "Atmospheric disturbances imaged on Mars during the simultaneous operations of four surface stations along 2021 and 2022". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-228.
    10.5194/epsc2022-228
  9. Dmitrij Titov; Colin Wilson; Jean-Pierre Bibring; Alejandro Cardesin; John Carter; Tom Duxbury; Francois Forget; et al. "Mars Express science highlights and future plans". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6333.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6333
  10. Emmanuel Grotheer; Michel Breitfellner; James Godfrey; Dave Heather; Patrick Martin; Dmitri Titov; Colin Wilson; et al. "New MEX-HRSC radiometrically calibrated data released in the ESA’s Planetary Science Archive". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-939.
    10.5194/epsc2022-939
  11. Francisco Brasil; Pedro Machado; Gabriella Gilli; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; José E. Silva; Daniela Espadinha; Rafael Rianço-Silva. "Characterising Atmospheric Gravity Waves on Mars using Mars Express OMEGA images – novel results from systematised study". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-252.
    10.5194/epsc2022-252
  12. Patrick Martin; Dmitri Titov; Colin Wilson; James Godfrey; Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Rick Blake; Thomas Dressler; et al. "Getting the Most Out of Mars Express". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1080.
    10.5194/epsc2022-1080
  13. Carlos Muñiz Solaz; Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Federico Nespoli; Patrick Martin; Julia Marin-Yaseli de la Parra; Donald Merrit; Mar Sierra; Pilar Esquej. "MAPPS as a multi-mission and multi-body Science Planning and Simulation Tool for ESA solar system missions". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-294.
    10.5194/epsc2022-294
  14. Francisco Brasil; Pedro Machado; Gabriella Gilli; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; José Eduardo Silva; Daniela Espadinha; Rafael Rianço-Silva; Francisco Rodrigues; Brigitte Gondet. "Characterising Atmospheric Gravity Waves on Mars - a systematic study". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-8087.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-8087
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Planning and archiving for VIRTIS/VEx". 2011.
  2. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro. "Study and Implementation of the End-to-End Data Pipeline for the Virtis Imaging Spectrometer Onboard Venus Express: "From Science Operations Planning to Data Archiving and Higher Lever Processing"". PhD, Università degli Studi di Padova, 2010.

Other

Dataset
  1. Cardesin-Moinelo, Alejandro. VizieR Online Data Catalog: Astrometric observations of Phobos (Pasewaldt+, 2015).
Other output
  1. First results from the MEX – TGO Mutual Radio Occultation Experiment. 2021. Håkan Svedhem; Jacob Parrott; Olivier Witasse; Dmitry Titov; Alejandro Cardesin; Bernhard Geiger; Patrick Martin; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-719.
    10.5194/epsc2021-719
  2. A Paradigm Shift in Mars Meteorology: Towards Monitoring and Forecasting with Areostationary SmallSats. 2021. Luca Montabone; Michel Capderou; Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Lorenzo Feruglio; François Forget; Sandrine Guerlet; Nicholas Heavens; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-625.
    10.5194/epsc2021-625
  3. Mars Express science highlights and future plans. 2021. Dmitrij Titov; Jean-Pierre Bibring; Alejandro Cardesin; John Carter; Tom Duxbury; Francois Forget; Marco Giuranna; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-158.
    10.5194/epsc2021-158
  4. Looking for Meteors and Fireballs in the atmosphere of Mars from the Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Mars Express. 2021. Jorge Hernández-Bernal; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Teresa Del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Julia Marín-Yaseli de la Parra; Donald Merrit; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-515.
    10.5194/epsc2021-515
  5. MAPPS: Science Planning and Simulation Tool for ESA Planetary Missions. 2021. Carlos Muñiz; Alejandro Cardesin; Muñiz, Carlos; Cardesin, Alejandro. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2021-381.
    10.5194/epsc2021-381
  6. Mars Express science highlights and future plans. 2021. Dmitrij Titov; Jean-Pierre Bibring; Alejandro Cardesin; John Carter; Thomas Duxbury; Francois Forget; Marco Giuranna; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12956.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12956
  7. Analysis of the evolution of Martian polar caps during Martian Years 34-35 from Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera. 2021. Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Jorge Hernández-Bernal; Ainhoa Angulo; Ricardo Hueso; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Patrick Martin; Simon Wood; Dmitri Titov. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7787.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7787
  8. From engineering to science: Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera's first science data release. 2020. Eleni Ravanis; Jorge Hernández-Bernal; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso; Simon Wood; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-437.
    10.5194/epsc2020-437
  9. Mars Express science highlights and future plans. 2020. Dmitrij Titov; Jean-Pierre Bibring; Alejandro Cardesin; Tom Duxbury; Francois Forget; Marco Giuranna; Francisco Gonza´lez-Galindo; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-720.
    10.5194/epsc2020-720
  10. A long term study of twilight clouds on Mars based on Mars Express VMC images. 2020. Jorge Hernandez Bernal; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Teresa Del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso; Eleni Ravanis; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Simon Wood; Dima Titov. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-694.
    10.5194/epsc2020-694
  11. Mars Atmospheric Wind Map Along the 2018 Global Dust Storm. 2020. Pedro Machado; Hermano Valido; Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Gabriella Gilli. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-221.
    10.5194/epsc2020-221
  12. Venus nightside atmosphere maps: cloud opacity, particle size and cloud top temperature seen by VIRTIS/Venus Express. 2020. Alejandro Cardesin-Moinelo; Giuseppe Piccioni; Alessandra Migliorini; Davide Grassi; Valeria Cottini; Dmitri Titov; Romolo Politi; Fabrizio Nuccilli; Pierre Drossart. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-142.
    10.5194/epsc2020-142
  13. Patterns in textured dust storms in Mars North Pole. 2020. Agustin Sanchez-Lavega; Josu Garcia-Morales; Jorge Hernandez-Bernal; Tersa delRio-Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso; Eleni Ravanis; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-141.
    10.5194/epsc2020-141
  14. Dynamical phenomena in the atmosphere of Mars imaged with the Visual Monitoring Camera onboard Mars Express. 2020. Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Jorge Hernández-Bernal; Ricardo Hueso; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Eleni Ravanis; Patrick Martin; Simon Wood; Dmitri Titov. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18024.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18024
  15. The Webcam around Mars: Supporting Science with the Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera. 2020. Eleni Ravanis; Jorge Hernández-Bernal; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso; Simon Wood; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-740.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-740
  16. Mars Express Science Highlights and Future Plans. 2020. Dmitrij Titov; Jean-Pierre Bibring; Alejandro Cardesin; Thomas Duxbury; Francois Forget; Marco Giuranna; Francisco Gonzaìlez-Galindo; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-22390.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-22390
  17. Dynamics of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars Arsia Mons volcano. 2020. Jorge Hernandez Bernal; Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; Teresa del Río-Gaztelurrutia; Ricardo Hueso; Iñaki Ordóñez-Etxeberria; Alejandro Cardesín-Moinelo; Eleni Ravanis; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-433.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-433
Activities

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/01 - 2023/07/13 VII Meeting of the Spanish Planetary Sciences and Solar System Exploration Community (2023/07/11 - 2023/07/13)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Comunidad Española de Ciencias Planetarias y Exploración del Sistema Solar (CPESS), Spain
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 Convener for EuroPlanet Science Congress session "Mars Science & Exploration" (2022/09/19 - 2022/09/23)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Europlanet Society, Switzerland
2021 - 2021 Convener for EuroPlanet Science Congress session "Mars Science & Exploration" (2021/09/13 - 2021/09/24)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Europlanet Society, Switzerland
2020 - 2020 Convener for Europlanet Science Congress session "European Exploration of Mars: from Mars Express to ExoMars and beyond" (2020/09/27 - 2020/10/02)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Europlanet Society, Switzerland

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain
2018 - 2018 Mars Science Workshop: "From Mars Express to ExoMars" (2018/02/27 - 2018/02/28)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
2017 - 2017 V Meeting of the Spanish Planetary Sciences and Solar System Exploration Community (CPESS-5) (2017/06/06 - 2017/06/08)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2017/10/09 - 2017/10/09 Scientific support to the Guggenheim Chasmata Artistic exhibition organized for the XXth anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Cross-disciplinary cooperation with a group of artists working with scientific data from ESA missions to planet Mars.
Exhibition
 Guggenheim Chasmata
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

European Space Agency, France

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/03/18 Board member for PhD Evaluation on Venus Atmospheric Science Research
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ruben Machado Gonçalves (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 Board member for PhD Evaluation on Venus Atmospheric Science Research Francisco Javier Perez Invernón (PhD)
Universidad de Granada, Spain

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current Europlanet Society
2019 - Current International Astronomical Union
2019 - Current European Astronomical Association
2015 - Current Sociedad Española de Astronomia

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/07/11 - 2023/07/13 VII Meeting of the Spanish Planetary Sciences and Solar System Exploration Community Universidad de Valladolid
2019 - 2019 VI Meeting of the Spanish Planetary Sciences and Solar System Exploration Community INTA-CAB
2018/02/27 - 2018/02/28 Mars Science Workshop: "From Mars Express to ExoMars" IAA-ESA
2017 - 2017 V Meeting of the Spanish Planetary Sciences and Solar System Exploration Community (CPESS-5) ESAC

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2016 - 2018 Master's course in AeroSpace Engineering and Structures ESA Solar System Exploration Missions and Spacecraft Systems Engineering (Master) Universidade da Coruña, Spain
2016 - 2016 XXVIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics Solar System Exploration Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain
2015 - 2015 COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop: Planetary Sciences, Mars and Venus Exploration Planetary Mission Data Analysis (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

International Science Council Committee on Space Research, France
2013/05/13 - 2013/05/13 Masters Seminar on European Mars Missions Geophysics and Meteorology (Master) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2010 - 2020 Multiple national and international press and media interviews Aerospace science and technology
2016 - 2016 National Geographic Documentary Mars Exploration
2016 - 2016 Documentary on Mars Research Mars Research

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023 - 2025 Mentor Mars Research Fellow Adam Hepburn
2021 - 2024 Mentor Mars Research Fellow Lucie Riu
2023/02 - 2023/09 Mars Astrobiology and Planetary Protection Rita Franco Gonzalez
2022/02 - 2022/09 Planetary Protecion for Mars Missions Alejandro Ramirez Ramos
2018/09/01 - 2021/09/01 co-Mentor of Mars Research Fellow Martin Voelker
2018/09/01 - 2020/09/01 Mentored Young Graduate Trainee at the European Space Agency Eleni Ravanis
2018/02/18 - 2018/06/01 Mentored for Astrophysics Master's Traineeship, Universidad Complutense de Madrid at the European Space Agency Abel de Burgos Sierra
2014/09/01 - 2015/04/30 Mentored Student Traineeship, University of Aarhus (Denmark) at the European Space Agency Sofie Abildgaard
2014/07/15 - 2014/07/24 Engineering Tutor on Alpbach Summer School of Space Missions for Geophysics of the Terrestrial Planets Group of 15 students
2013 - 2014 Mentored Aerospace Master's Degree Thesis, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid at the European Space Agency Pau Hebrero Casasayas
2011 - 2012 Mentored Aerospace Master's Degree Thesis, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid at European Space Agency Marc Costa Sitja
Distinctions

Award

2013 ESA Team Award for Teamwork Excellence
European Space Agency, France

Title

2022 Chair of the EuroPlanet Society Regional Hub for Spain & Portugal
Europlanet Society, Switzerland
2017 Coordinator of the Spanish Planetary Science and Solar System Exploration Community
Comunidad Española de Ciencias Planetarias y Exploración del Sistema Solar (CPESS), Spain