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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-01-15 1930x2440x3
This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
PIA00545:
Solar System Montage
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-03 2000x2445x3
This is an updated montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
PIA01341:
Solar System Montage (Updated)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-04 Kleopatra Radio Telescope
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These images show several views from a radar-based computer model of asteroid 216 Kleopatra. This dog bone-shaped asteroid is an apparent leftover from an ancient, violent cosmic collision.
PIA02454:
Radar Model of Asteroid 216 Kleopatra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-06 4206x3306x3
This solar system montage of the nine planets and four large moons of Jupiter in our solar system are set against a false-color view of the Rosette Nebula.
PIA02973:
The New Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-29 4500x5600x3
This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
PIA03153:
Solar System Montage - High Resolution 2001 Version
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-02-05 Mars 1500x1125x3
This artist rendering depicts NASA's Pathfinder spacecraft nearing it's target Mars prior to it's July 4th 1997 landing on the red planet.
PIA04307:
Artist Rendering of the Pathfinder Spacecraft Nearing Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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This image shows the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' in relation to the rest of the solar system in 2004.
PIA05565:
Sedna Orbit Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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In this artist's visualization, the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' is shown where it resides at the outer edges of the known solar system.
PIA05566:
Artist's Concept of Sedna
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-15 Sedna Samuel Oschin Telescope
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These four panels show the location of the newly discovered planet-like object, dubbed 'Sedna,' which lies in the farthest reaches of our solar system.
PIA05569:
Sedna Orbit Comparisons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-03 4538x4391x3
One crucial step in NASA's Mars sample return mission would be to launch the collected sample away from the surface of Mars. This artist's concept depicts a Mars ascent vehicle for starting a sample of Mars rocks on their trip to Earth.
PIA07187:
Illustration of Launching Samples Home from Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-06 3840x2864x1
This iron-nickel meteorite found near Fort Stockton, Texas, in 1952 shows a surface texture similar to some portions of the surface of an iron-nickel meteorite that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found on Mars in July, 2009.
PIA12192:
Iron-Nickel Meteorite from Texas with Triangle-Pattern Texture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-05-05 4600x5953x3
An artist's concept portrays the proposed Geophysical Monitoring Station mission for studying the deep interior of Mars.
PIA13990:
Proposed Mission for Studying Deep Interior of Mars (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-13 2240x1843x3
Unfrozen brine in cryopegs and fracture networks provides habitats for the survival and growth of organisms both within and under frozen rocky materials on Earth and, by analogy, could provide habitats on Mars.
PIA14471:
Plausible Martian Habitats
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-27 Earth 965x720x3
This image shows a dry streambed on an alluvial fan in the Atacama Desert, Chile, revealing the typical patchy, heterogeneous mixture of grain sizes deposited together.
PIA16191:
Dry Streambed on Alluvial Fan in Northern Chile
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-20 Mars 726x400x3
This diagram illustrates the positions of Mars, Earth and the sun during a period that occurs approximately every 26 months, when Mars passes almost directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective.
PIA16811:
Geometry of Mars Solar Conjunction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-16 900x1518x3
This chart illustrates comparisons among the distances driven by various wheeled vehicles on the surface of Earth's moon and Mars. Of the vehicles shown, the NASA Mars rovers Opportunity and Curiosity are still active.
PIA16934:
Out-of-this-World Records
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-12 2495x1424x3
A Xombie technology demonstrator from Masten Space Systems, Mojave, Calif., ascends from its pad at Mojave Air and Space Port on a test for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The vehicle is a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing experimental rocket.
PIA17086:
Masten Xombie for Testing of JPL Spacecraft-Landing Algorithm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-27 607x456x1
This scanning electron microscope image of a polished thin section of a meteorite from Mars shows tunnels and curved microtunnels.
PIA17953:
Microtunnels in Yamato Meteorite From Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-27 445x334x3
This scanning electron microscope image shows speroidal features embedded in a layer of iddingsite, a mineral formed by action of water, in a meteorite that came from Mars.
PIA17954:
Spheroidal Features in Yamato Meteorite From Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-19 Solar System 1806x2035x3
This diagram shows the approximate distances of the terrestrial planets from the Sun; they include Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
PIA17303:
Inner Planets Diagram
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-24 Earth 3888x2592x3
The Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) flight terminal undergoes testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to simulate the space environment.
PIA18651:
OPALS Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-09 Mars 2560x1600x3
This artist's concept shows NASA's Mars orbiters lining up behind the Red Planet for their 'duck and cover' maneuver to shield them from comet dust that may result from the close flyby of comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) on Oct. 19, 2014.
PIA18611:
Mars Orbiters 'Duck and Cover' for Comet Siding Spring Flyby (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-09 Mars 1000x1000x3
Comet Siding Spring will have a close approach to Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. This artist's concept shows people in the Southern Hemisphere where to look for Mars in the night sky. Mars and the comet may be visible with binoculars.
PIA18612:
View of Comet Siding Spring from Southern Hemisphere (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-05-04 Mars 720x412x3
This graphic depicts the relative shapes and distances from Mars for five active orbiter missions plus the planet's two natural satellites. It illustrates the potential for intersections of the spacecraft orbits.
PIA19396:
Diverse Orbits Around Mars (Graphic)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-05 Mars 3082x1899x3
This graphic indicates a similarity between 2016 (dark blue line) and five past years in which Mars has experienced a global dust storm (orange lines and band), compared to years with no global dust storm (blue-green lines and band).
PIA20855:
2016 Resembles Past Global Dust Storm Years on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-27 8869x7185x3
Building 264, also known as the Space Flight Support Building, hosts engineers supporting space missions in flight at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is seen in this archival image from January 1972.
PIA21123:
Space Flight Support Building
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-10-27 9004x7325x3
This archival photograph from 1971 shows the open-air gathering area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory known as 'The Mall.' It looks east towards the Applied Mechanics building.
PIA21125:
The Mall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-15 Earth 6176x4063x3
This image shows stone stripes on the side of a volcanic cone on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The stripes are made of small rock fragments and they are aligned downhill as freeze-thaw cycles have lifted them up and out of the finer-grained regolith.
PIA22219:
Rock Stripe Pattern on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-15 2649x979x3
This image shows samples of aerogel which were tested to see how they could be used as building materials on Mars.
PIA23342:
Aerogel Samples
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-15 4138x3991x3
Scientists are exploring how aerogel, a translucent, Styrofoam-like material, could be used as a building material on Mars.
PIA23343:
Aerogel Greenhouses for Mars?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-22 Mars 1400x788x3
This artist's concept is a simulation of what seismic waves from a marsquake might look like as they move through different layers of the Martian interior.
PIA23344:
Seismic Waves Inside Mars (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-12-10 Mars 960x540x3
In this illustration, Mars holds near-surface water ice that would be easily accessible for astronauts to dig up. The water ice was identified as part of a map using data from NASA orbiters.
PIA23515:
Water Ice Marked on Mars Globe (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-10 6720x4480x3
A shoebox-sized wheeled robot explores the rugged terrain on the surface of the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during recent tests of the A-PUFFER project.
PIA23793:
A-PUFFER Robot Explores a Rocky Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-10 4480x6720x3
Project manager Jean-Pierre de la Croix works on an Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (A-PUFFER) during recent trials in the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA23794:
NASA Scientist Works on an A-PUFFER Robot During Trials
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-16 Mars 2500x2569x3
This illustration shows an astronaut on Mars, as viewed through the window of a spacecraft.
PIA23900:
NASA Astronaut Stands on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 1600x900x3
This illustration shows NASA astronauts on Mars.
PIA24031:
NASA Astronauts on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 1920x1080x3
This illustration shows NASA astronauts working on the surface of Mars. A helicopter similar to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is airborne at left.
PIA24032:
NASA Astronauts on Mars With Helicopter (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-20 Mars 3840x2160x3
This illustration shows Jezero Crater as it may have looked billions of years go on Mars, when it was a lake. An inlet and outlet are also visible on either side of the lake.
PIA24172:
Ancient Jezero Crater (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-22 4800x2700x3
This graph presents measured properties of the seven TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets.
PIA24371:
Comparison of TRAPPIST-1 to the Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-27 Earth 1024x768x3
The rocks seen here along the shoreline of Lake Salda in Turkey were formed over time by microbes that trap minerals and sediments in the water. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission will search for signs of ancient life on the Martian surface.
PIA24374:
Lake Salda Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-27 Earth 1024x768x3
The eastern shore of Lake Salda in Turkey is a good analog for what an ancient lake may have looked like at Jezero Carter on Mars.
PIA24375:
Lake Salda Beach
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-27 Mars 4029x3567x3
This annotated image shows landing ellipses for five NASA missions to Mars.
PIA24377:
Mars Probe Landing Ellipses
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-09 Sky 1200x1707x3
This photo shows the zodiacal light as it appeared on March 1, 2021, in Skull Valley, Utah.
PIA24432:
Zodiacal Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-28 Mars 1600x900x3
NASA's Mars missions, clockwise from top left: Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, InSight lander, Odyssey orbiter, MAVEN orbiter, Curiosity rover, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA24838:
NASA's Mars Missions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-14 6547x4369x3
On October 14, 2021, NASA Administrator and Deputy Administrator visited the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to discuss NASA's climate efforts and the latest developments with the agency's Perseverance rover and Mars.
PIA24903:
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson's Arrival
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-01 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) project – led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California – is planned to perform a robot-controlled lunar surface experiment with imagery in the coming years.
PIA24567:
NASA Integrates Gear Motors for Robotic Arm on Future Lunar Missions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-06 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration's flight laser transceiver is shown at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in April 2021.
PIA24569:
DSOC's Flight Laser Transceiver
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-06 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration's flight laser transceiver can be easily identified on NASA's Psyche spacecraft, seen in this December 2021 photograph.
PIA24570:
DSOC Flight Laser Transceiver Integrated with NASA's Psyche Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars 3840x2160x3
This graphic shows Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars.
PIA25285:
Venus, Earth and Its Moon, and Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-14 7504x5003x3
Actor Chris Evans receives a boarding pass to the Moon from Suzanne Dodd, director of the Interplanetary Network Directorate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The pair are seen in the Space Flight Operations Facility at JPL on June 6, 2022.
PIA25311:
Chris Evans Gets a Boarding Pass for NASA's Artemis I Mission
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-14 7485x4990x3
Actor Chris Evans, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover Surface Mission Manager Jessica Samuels, and NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn are seen in front of the rover model at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on June 6, 2022.
PIA25312:
Chris Evans Visits JPL, Perseverance Model
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-25 3329x2139x3
Participants in NASA's Minority Serving Institutions Space Accelerator program surround a model of the agency's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter as engineer Michael Starch discusses the mission during the group's visit to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25315:
NASA's MSI Space Accelerator at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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A JPL engineer examines the 3D-printed titanium scoop of NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system. The arm is designed to function in frigid temperatures that would stymie current spacecraft.
PIA25316:
Testing NASA's Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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NASA's COLDArm combines several new technologies that allow it to operate in temperatures as cold as minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 173 degrees Celsius) without the use of energy-consuming heaters required by robotic arms on current spacecraft.
PIA25317:
NASA's COLDArm at Lunar Regolith Simulant Test Bed
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-05 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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The 3D-printed titanium scoop of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) robotic arm system is poised above a test bed filled with material to simulate lunar regolith (broken rocks and dust) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA25318:
Close-Up on COLDArm's Titanium 3D-Printed Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 1249x719x3
A model Sample Recovery Helicopter drives and positions itself over a sample tube during a test in the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25320:
Sample Recovery Helicopter Model Gets a Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-04 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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Shown here is a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the Microdevices Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25840:
DSOC's Downlink Detector Prototype
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-04 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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Shown here is an identical copy of the DSOC, superconducting nanowire single-photon detector that is coupled to the 200-inch (5.1-meter) Hale Telescope located at Caltech's Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California.
PIA26141:
DSOC's Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-26 Mars 2221x1288x3
The blue areas on this map of Mars are regions where NASA missions have detected subsurface water ice. Scientists can use the map to decide where the first astronauts to set foot on the Red Planet should land.
PIA26045:
SWIM Map Shows Subsurface Water Ice on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-26 Mars 2852x1169x3
These Mars global maps show the likely distribution of water ice buried within the upper 3 feet (1 meter) of the planet's surface and represent the latest data from the SWIM project.
PIA26046:
Distribution of Buried Ice on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-20 Moon Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm)
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Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's COLDArm robotic arm system for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2023.
PIA26162:
NASA's COLDArm in Thermal Vacuum Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-04-26 Earth 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) acquired these images of the Earth using its visible and infrared cameras as it left the Earth.
PIA00558:
2001 Mars Odyssey Images Earth (Visible and Infrared)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-05-01 Earth 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft took this portrait of the Earth and its companion Moon. It was taken at a distance of 3,563,735 kilometers (more than 2 million miles) on April 19, 2001 as the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft left the Earth.
PIA00559:
The Earth and Moon As Seen by 2001 Mars Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows flow features on the northern flank of Olympus Mons.
PIA11894:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a view of Mars created with images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft in which color is used to emphasize the Martian topographic, andesite, and basalt compositional differences.
PIA03219:
Still From Odyssey Clip 1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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THEMIS
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This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a global view of the planet Mars created from images by NASA's Mars Odyssey. Color is used to emphasize the Martian topographic, andesite, and basalt compositional differences.
PIA03220:
Still From Odyssey Clip 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-03-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image is a single frame from a computer animation, which begins with a global view of the planet Mars compiled with images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03221:
Still From Odyssey Clip 3
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
PIA25479:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This thermal infrared image was acquired by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft on October 30, 2001, as the spacecraft orbited Mars on its ninth revolution around the planet.
PIA03459:
First THEMIS Image of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The circular feature seen in blue is the extremely cold martian south polar carbon dioxide ice cap as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03461:
First THEMIS Infrared and Visible Images of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-03-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This global map of Mars, based on data from NASA's Mars Odyssey, shows estimates for amounts of high-energy-particle cosmic radiation reaching the surface, a serious health concern for any future human exploration of the planet.
PIA03479:
Estimated Radiation on Mars, Hits per Cell Nucleus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-03-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This global map of Mars, based on data from NASA's Mars Odyssey, shows the estimated radiation dosages from cosmic rays reaching the surface, a serious health concern for any future human exploration of the planet.
PIA03480:
Estimated Radiation Dosage on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-03-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This visible-light image, taken by the thermal emission imaging system's camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows the highly fractured, faulted and deformed Acheron Fossae region of Mars.
PIA03481:
Acheron Fossae in Visible Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-03-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This nighttime thermal infrared image, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows differences in temperature that are due to differences in the abundance of rocks, sand and dust on the surface.
PIA03482:
Channel at Night in Thermal Infrared
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This 300-kilometer (186-mile) long daytime infrared image of Terra Sirenum, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, displays a wide variety of geologic features. The mottled floor and rim of Koval'skiy Crater is seen at the left (north) of the image.
PIA03483:
Daytime Infrared, Terra Sirenum
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This is the first high-resolution color infrared image taken of Mars. The image was constructed using three of the ten infrared filters on the thermal emission imaging system of NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03484:
Color Infrared, Terra Sirenum
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This nighttime infrared image, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, captures a massively disrupted region on Mars called Hydaspis Chaos, which is located near the equator at two degrees north, 29 degrees west.
PIA03485:
Hydaspis Chaos in Nighttime Infrared
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In this image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft during its first week of mapping, soil enriched in hydrogen is indicated by the deep blue colors, which show a low intensity of epithermal neutrons.
PIA03486:
Global Neutron View
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The deep blue colors on this map of the south pole of Mars from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft show where a low intensity of epithermal neutrons is found.
PIA03487:
South Pole Neutron View
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NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft produced this high-energy neutron detector map of neutrons in Mars' southern hemisphere. The blue region around the south pole indicates a high content of hydrogen in the upper 2 to 3 meters (7 to 10 feet) of the surface.
PIA03488:
Southern Hemisphere Neutron Map
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A high content of hydrogen in Mars' southern polar region is apparent in this global map of high-energy neutrons measured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03489:
Global Map, High-Energy Neutrons
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Located 1200 kilometers (about 745 miles) south of the giant shield volcano Arsia Mons, this infrared temperature image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the flow margin of a young lava flow from Arsia that covers a much older flow.
PIA04085:
IR view of lava flows
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a sinuous valley network channel with sharp bends cutting across the cratered highlands of the southern hemisphere of Mars.
PIA03756:
Nirgal Vallis (Released 27 March 2002)
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This scene shows gullies superposed on the inner walls of four large craters. Most of these gullies, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, appear to emanate from one or two specific layers along the inner crater's entire circumference.
PIA03757:
Gullied Craters 41°S
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These layered deposits are located on the floor of a large canyon called Ganges Chasma which is a part of the Valles Marineris in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03758:
Layered Deposits on the floor of Ganges Chasma
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a spectacular landslide along a portion of the southern wall of Ganges Chasma within Valles Marineris. Landslides have very characteristic morphologies on Earth, which they also display on Mars.
PIA03759:
Ganges Chasma Landslide
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This image, captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows that this portion of the rim of Henry Crater has numerous dark streaks located on the slopes of the inner crater wall.
PIA03760:
Rim of Henry Crater
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This lunar-like scene, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, occurs along the southeastern rim of the Isidis Planitia basin, an ancient impact crater some 1200 km across.
PIA03761:
Isidis Rim
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This image, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows a cratered highland region called Arabia Terra. The center right side of the image shows a branch of the valley network Naktong Vallis cutting into the eastern rim of an unnamed crater.
PIA03762:
Naktong Valles
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Olympus Mons, imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, stands 26 km above the surrounding plains, which is three times taller than Mt. Everest, and is the tallest volcano in the solar system.
PIA03763:
Olympus Mons Lava Flows
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the cratered highlands of Terra Sirenum in Mars' southern hemisphere. Near the center of the image running from left to right one can see long parallel to semi-parallel troughs called graben.
PIA03764:
Gorgonum Chaos
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captures two channels (Nirgal Vallis is the smaller sinuous channel on the left and Uzboi Vallis is the larger channel located in the lower right) and Luki Crater located in the upper right.
PIA03765:
Uzboi Vallis, Nirgal Vallis, and Luki Crater
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a Martian geologic deposit known as the Medusae Fossae Formation (the raised plateau in the upper two-thirds of the image), a soft, easily eroded deposit that extends for nearly 1,000 km along the equator of Mars.
PIA03766:
Medusae Fossae Formation
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This scene from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the contrasting morphologies of the relatively rough highland terrain (in the lower portion of the image) and the relatively smooth materials (at top) of the southern rim of the Isidis Planitia basin.
PIA03767:
Southern rim of Isidis Planitia basin
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The so-called 'Face on Mars' can be seen slightly above center and to the right in this NASA Mars Odyssey image. This 3-km long knob was first imaged by NASA's Viking spacecraft in the 1970's and to some resembled a face carved into the rocks of Mars.
PIA03768:
The So-Called "Face on Mars"
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The eastern floor of Holden Crater, which is located in region of the southern hemisphere called Noachis Terra and is 154 km in diameter, is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03769:
Eastern Floor of Holden Crater
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Remarkable variations in the erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation are shown in this scene from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. In this region, the surface has been eroded by the wind into a series of linear ridges called yardangs.
PIA03770:
Medusae Fossae Formation
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows the intersection of Holden Crater with Uzboi Valles. This region of Mars contains a number of features that could be related to liquid water on the surface in the Martian past.
PIA03771:
Holden Crater/Uzboi Valles
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Bosporus Planum, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is located in a region of smooth plains that appear to have formed from lava flows.
PIA03772:
Bosporus Planum
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White Rock' is the unofficial name for this unusual landform which was first observed during NASA's Mariner 9 mission in the early 1970's and is now shown here in an image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03773:
White Rock
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