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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-08 Mars 2020 Rover
 SuperCam
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This fragment of a Martian meteorite, seen floating inside the International Space Station, is is now part of a calibration target for SuperCam, one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
PIA24179:
Supercam's Mars Meteorite Aboard the ISS
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-08 Mars 2020 Rover
 Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC)
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The calibration target for SHERLOC, one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, features a slice of Martian meteorite, plus spacesuit materials, including helmet-visor material that doubles as a geocache target.
PIA24261:
SHERLOC's Calibration Target Aboard the Perseverance Mars Rover
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration shows NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft carrying the Perseverance rover as it approaches Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land on Mars safely on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA24311:
Perseverance Rover Approaches Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration shows NASA's Perseverance rover casting off its spacecraft's cruise stage, minutes before entering the Martian atmosphere.
PIA24312:
Perseverance Rover's Cruise Stage Separates (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA's Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere in this illustration.
PIA24313:
Entering the Martian Atmosphere with the Perseverance Rover (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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In this illustration of its descent to Mars, the spacecraft containing NASA's Perseverance rover slows down using the drag generated by its motion in the Martian atmosphere.
PIA24314:
Perseverance Rover Decelerates in the Martian Atmosphere (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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The aeroshell containing NASA's Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this illustration.
PIA24315:
Perseverance Guides Itself Towards the Surface (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover deploys a supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing, in this artist's illustration.
PIA24316:
Perseverance Deploys its Parachute (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance rover gets its first look at the Martian surface below, after dropping its heat shield just under six minutes after entry into the Mars atmosphere.
PIA24317:
Perseverance Heat Shield Separates (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover fires up its descent stage engines as it nears the Martian surface in this illustration.
PIA24318:
Powered Descent for Perseverance (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing safely on Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA24319:
Perseverance Touches Down on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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This map of Mars shows the landing site for NASA's Perseverance rover in relation to those of previous successful Mars missions. The newest addition to the group, Perseverance is set to land in Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA24320:
Mars Landing Sites, Including Perseverance (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover deploying its supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing.
PIA24341:
Swoosh Goes the Parachute (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars.
PIA24342:
Perseverance Rover Touchdown (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration shows NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet.
PIA24343:
Perseverance Rover on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of NASA's Mars Perseverance rover deploying its supersonic parachute from its aeroshell as it slows down before landing.
PIA24344:
Swoosh Goes the Parachute (Gradient Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars.
PIA24345:
Perseverance Rover Touchdown (Gradient Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration shows NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet.
PIA24346:
Perseverance Rover on Mars (Gradient Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of the planet Mars, highlighting NASA's Mars Perseverance rover and future human explorers.
PIA24347:
Mars Perseverance Rover Mission (Humans and Robots Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-21 Mars 2020 Rover
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An illustration of the planet Mars, highlighting NASA's Mars Perseverance rover mission.
PIA24348:
Mars Perseverance Rover (Gradient Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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A technician working on the Mars 2020 mission takes a sample from the surface of sample tube 241, to test for contamination. The image was taken in a clean room facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where the tubes were developed and assembled.
PIA24294:
Sampling Mars 2020 Sample Tube 241
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong works with an Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container during a lunar surface simulation training exercise in Building 9, Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas.
PIA24297:
Armstrong and Rock Box
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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This animation shows the data collected on a Mars 2020 sample tube using a computerized tomography (CT) scanner. Engineers working on the sample tubes used the 3D imagery to better understand the tubes' internal structure.
PIA24304:
CT Scan of Mars Sample Tube
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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A tray holding 39 sample tubes, each protected in a gold-colored sheath, is installed in NASA's Perseverance rover in this picture taken at the agency's Kennedy Space Center on May 21, 2020.
PIA24305:
Installing Perseverance's Sample Tubes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration depicts the exterior of a sample tube being carried aboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
PIA24306:
Anatomy of a Sample Tube
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration depicts the interior of a sample tube being carried aboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
PIA24307:
Anatomy of a Sample Tube Interior
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration shows the events that occur in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey that NASA's Perseverance rover takes to Mars.
PIA24285:
Perseverance Rover's Entry, Descent and Landing Profile
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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The target landing area of NASA's Perseverance rover is overlaid on this image of its landing site on Mars, Jezero Crater.
PIA24349:
Zeroing in on the Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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The white circle near the center of this image of Mars represents the location where NASA's Perseverance rover is expected to land on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA24350:
Perseverance Rover Landing Ellipse in Jezero Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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With two cameras set about 10 inches apart at the top of the Mars 2020 rover's remote sensing mast, Mastcam-Z can produce a 3D image to be viewed with 3D glasses.
PIA24196:
Mastcam-Z Can See in 3D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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A JPL optical technician performs a final inspection and swab cleaning of the front optics of the Mars 2020 mission's Perseverance rover Mastcam-Z cameras at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in March 2020.
PIA24197:
Mastcam-Z Final Lens Cleaning
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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The Mars 2020 Mastcam-Z cameras are on a workbench during their assembly at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego.
PIA24198:
Mastcam-Z Looking Left
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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This modern-looking geoboard adds a pop of color to the lab at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, California.
PIA24199:
Modern Art for Mastcam-Z
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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The twin Mars 2020 Mastcam-Z cameras, shown with a pocket knife for scale, are assembled and ready for testing in this photo taken at Malin Space Science Systems, in San Diego, California.
PIA24200:
Ready for a Close Up (or a Wide Angle)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
 Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE)
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The engineering model (EM), an almost identical twin of Mars 2020's MOXIE, is used for testing in the lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
PIA24201:
MOXIE Twin During Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
 Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE)
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This engineering model of Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument is about to undergo vibration testing in a lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
PIA24202:
MOXIE Shakes it UP
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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In this image, the gold-plated Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) Instrument shines after being installed inside the Perseverance rover.
PIA24203:
MOXIE All Tucked In
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars Helicopter
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The Mars Helicopter Base Station stores and routes communications between NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter and mission controllers on Earth.
PIA23968:
Mars Helicopter Base Station on Perseverance Rover
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars Helicopter
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An Ingenuity team member inspects NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in one of the space simulation chambers at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23969:
Bottom of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars 2020 Rover
 Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX)
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This image, taken in the clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, shows the Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) electronic's box after it has been inserted into the Perseverance rover.
PIA24204:
The Parts Inside Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars 2020 Rover
 Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX)
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The Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) electronics box before being integrated into the Perseverance rover at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
PIA24205:
This Gold Box to Searches for Buried Treasure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars 2020 Rover
 Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX)
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The bowtie-shaped antenna for the Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) instrument has been mounted on the underside of the Perseverance rover.
PIA24206:
Put a Bowtie on It!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars 2020 Rover
 SuperCam
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The mast-mounted portion of Mars 2020's SuperCam awaits integration into the Perseverance rover.
PIA24207:
SuperCam is Not Seeing Red
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-20 Mars 2020 Rover
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SuperCam's mast unit before being installed atop the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover's remote sensing mast.
PIA24208:
SuperCam Mast Unit
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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 2021-01-22 Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, is a powerful 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) antenna that was added to the Deep Space Network's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain in early 2021.
PIA24163:
New All-in-One Antenna for the Deep Space Network
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-16 Mars 2020 Rover
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This narrated animation shows NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars and how the rover's SuperCam laser instrument works.
PIA24426:
Animation: How Perseverance's SuperCam Works
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-16 Mars Helicopter
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This image is an illustration of NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars.
PIA24466:
Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-23 Mars Helicopter
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Orville Wright makes the first powered, controlled flight on Earth on December 17, 1903. Material covering the wing of the aircraft was flown to Mars aboard NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
PIA24434:
The Wright Brothers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-29 Psyche
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This illustration, updated as of March 2021, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft.
PIA24473:
Psyche Spacecraft (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-06 Mars Helicopter
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter carries a small swatch of muslin material from the lower-left wing of the Wright Brothers Flyer 1.
PIA24291:
Swatch of Wright Brothers Flyer 1 Attached to Mars Helicopter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-05 Mars 2020 Rover
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Photo of a rover wheel with etched illustration inside, featuring two sets of rover wheel tracks, one straight and one twisted.
PIA24552:
Rover DNA Inscription
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-06 Mars Helicopter
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This square of unbleached muslin material from the Wright brothers' first airplane was encapsulated in a protective polyamide film before being attached to a cable underneath the solar panel of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
PIA24438:
Pride of the West — and Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-19 Mars Helicopter
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Members of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter team in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepare to receive the data downlink showing whether the helicopter completed its first flight on April 19, 2021.
PIA24585:
Ingenuity's Team Waits for Data on Helicopter's First Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-19 Mars Helicopter
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Members of NASA's Ingenuity helicopter team in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory react to data showing that the helicopter completed its first flight on April 19, 2021.
PIA24499:
Ingenuity's Team Reacts to Data Showing It Completed Its First Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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JPL's Abigail Allwood, principal investigator of the PIXL instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, examines rocks in Greenland.
PIA24667:
Abigail Allwood in Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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JPL's Abigail Allwood (second from left), principal investigator of the PIXL instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, conducts fieldwork with other scientists in Greenland.
PIA24668:
Abigail Allwood Doing Fieldwork in Greenland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-14 Mars Science Helicopter
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This illustration shows a conceptual design of a Mars Science Helicopter, a proposed follow-on to NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
PIA24729:
Proposed Mars Science Helicopter (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-28 Mars Helicopter
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The upper swashplate of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter controls the pitch of the upper rotor blades as they rotate and is critical to stable, controlled flight. The swashplate is driven by three small servo motors.
PIA24812:
Ingenuity's Upper Swashplate Assembly
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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 2021-10-18 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover indicates the location of its two microphones.
PIA24931:
Illustration: Perseverance's Microphones
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-18 Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover carries two commercial-grade microphones, including this one on its mast. The mast microphone is part of the SuperCam instrument.
PIA24932:
Perseverance's Mast Microphone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-18 Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover carries two commercial-grade microphones, including this one on its chassis.
PIA24933:
Perseverance's Body Microphone
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-17 Mars 2020 Rover
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Engineering models of the Curiosity Mars rover (foreground) and the Perseverance Mars rover share space in the garage at JPL's Mars Yard.
PIA24525:
Twin Rover Twins
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-17 Mars 2020 Rover
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On October 29, 2021, a heavy-duty vehicle transports the Perseverance rover's engineering model, called OPTIMISM, from a test lab to the Mars Yard garage at JPL.
PIA24526:
Heavy-Duty OPTIMISM
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-17 Mars 2020 Rover
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OPTIMISM faces a doorway of JPL's Mars Yard garage shortly after arriving there on October 29, 2021.
PIA24527:
OPTIMISM Ready for Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-17 Mars 2020 Rover
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Updated with new features, the twin of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover arrives at JPL's Mars Yard garage on October 29, 2021.
PIA24528:
Improved OPTIMISM
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-07 Mars Helicopter
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This annotated graphic depicts the orientation of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover during the 17th flight of the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on December 5, 2021.
PIA24966:
Orientation of Mars Helicopter Base Station Antenna for Flight 17
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-09 Mars 2020 Rover
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This colorful illustration depicts NASA's Perseverance Rover on Mars, where it landed in February 2021.
PIA24948:
You've Got Perseverance! Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-13 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dropped this prototype to learn how a future Sample Return Lander could safely touch down on Mars.
PIA24766:
Testing a Lander Touchdown
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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Engineers working with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover set up this test area at JPL to practice drilling into crumbly rocks using a duplicate of the rover's rock-coring drill.
PIA25048:
Testing a Roubion-Like Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory performed tests on rocks such as this one to understand why the first attempt by the agency's Perseverance rover resulted in a powderized sample.
PIA25049:
Creating a Drill Hole in a Test Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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This drill is a duplicate of the one aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. It was used in a test campaign to learn how crumbly rocks respond to the drill.
PIA25050:
Close-Up of a Perseverance-Like Drill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-08 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Angie Jackman, manager of the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) project, holds a 3D-printed model of the tubes NASA's Perseverance rover is already filling with Martian rock and soil samples.
PIA25074:
Project Manager for NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-08 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) in powered flight.
PIA25076:
Mars Ascent Vehicle (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-08 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows NASA's Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), which will carry tubes containing Martian rock and soil samples into orbit around Mars.
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Mars Samples in Orbit (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-18 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This illustration depicts the result of a collision between two large asteroid-sized bodies. NASA's Spitzer saw a debris cloud block the star HD 166191, giving scientists details about the smashup that occurred.
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Planetesimal Collison Around Star HD 166191 (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-05 Mars Helicopter
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Models for the seasonal variation in atmospheric density on Mars between summer and winter predict that air density will be high enough in late March for NASA's Mars Ingenuity Helicopter to return to its original RPM.
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Mars Atmosphere Density Model
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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.
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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.
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DSOC Flight Laser Transceiver Integrated with NASA's Psyche Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-12 Mars 2020 Rover
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Twenty students met virtually with Mars rover team members at JPL, where they received personalized messages beamed from NASA's Perseverance rover as part of the You've Got Perseverance campaign.
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Students Virtually Meet Mars Rover Team
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Jennifer Trosper, Mars Perseverance project manager, leads rover team members at JPL in a round of applause for students who were honored through the You've Got Perseverance campaign.
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Team Members Honoring Students
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An April 5, 2022, virtual video event is seen on a monitor in the Mars Perseverance rover control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25273:
Students Honored in NASA You've Got Perseverance Event
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On April 5, 2022, inside the Mars Perseverance rover control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the rover team's deputy mission manager, Robert Hogg, interacted virtually with students.
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Perseverance Rover Team Honors Students
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Perseverance rover Project Manager, Jennifer Trosper, led team members in applause in a control room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on April 5, 2022.
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Applause from Perseverance Rover Team for Students
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 InSight
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NASA's InSight lander team enjoyed this Mars-shaped cake on the first anniversary of the spacecraft's Nov. 26, 2018, landing.
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InSight's Mars Birthday Cake
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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.
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Chris Evans Gets a Boarding Pass for NASA's Artemis I Mission
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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.
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Chris Evans Visits JPL, Perseverance Model
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-15 Mars Helicopter
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The chief pilot for NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Håvard Grip, speaks at the Robert J. Collier Dinner in Washington on June 9, 2022.
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Ingenuity Chief Pilot Speaks at Collier Dinner
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Members of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team stand next to the Collier Trophy during the Robert J. Collier Dinner in Washington on June 9, 2022.
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Ingenuity Team With Collier Trophy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-15 Mars Helicopter
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Members of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team are pictured with the Collier Trophy during the Robert J. Collier Dinner in Washington on June 9, 2022.
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Team Members With Collier Trophy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-07-19 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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The Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group gathered at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech for an initial meeting on June 28-29, 2022.
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Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group Team Photo
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The Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group gathered for their first meeting, at the Keck Institute for Space Studies at Caltech, and took a group photo.
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First Meeting of Mars Sample Return Campaign Science Group
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-23 Mars 2020 Rover
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Members of the Perseverance rover Science Team pose on June 7, 2022, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which manages the mission.
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Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Science Team
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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.
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NASA's MSI Space Accelerator at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-20 Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD)
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This prototype base for SHIELD – a collapsible Mars lander that would enable a spacecraft to intentionally crash land on the Red Planet, absorbing the impact – was tested at JPL on Aug. 12, 2022.
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SHIELD Prototype Attached to Drop Tower
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This drop tower at JPL includes a bow launch system, which can hurl test articles 110 mph into the ground, re-creating the forces they would experience during a Mars landing.
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Bow Launch Drop Tower at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars 2020 Rover
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The drill bits used by NASA's Perseverance rover are seen before being installed prior to launch. From left, the regolith bit, six bits used for drilling rock cores, and two abrasion bits.
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Perseverance's Drill Bits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-07 Mars 2020 Rover
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Optimism, a full-scale replica of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, tests a model of Perseverance's regolith bit in a pile of simulated regolith – broken rock and dust – at JPL.
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Testing Perseverance's Regolith Bit Here on Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-12 Mars Science Helicopter
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A model of NASA's Mars Science Helicopter concept is shown in this photo. This helicopter concept is a more capable proposed follow-on to NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
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Model of Proposed Mars Science Helicopter
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