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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-16 Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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Results from NASA's NEOWISE survey find that more potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are closely aligned with the plane of our solar system than previous models suggested.
PIA15628:
The Hustle and Bustle of our Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Io Voyager
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These photos of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter were taken by NASA's Voyager 1 during its approach to the planet in early March 1979. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are shown in their correct relative sizes.
PIA00012:
Galilean Satellites
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-17 Ganymede Voyager
 VG ISS - Narrow Angle
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This photo of Ganymede, largest of Jupiter's Galilean satellites and the third from the planet, was taken shortly after midnight March 1, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1 from a distance of 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometers).
PIA00351:
Ganymede at 2.6 million miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-07-17 Ganymede Voyager
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This color picture of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest satellite, was taken on the afternoon of March 2, 1979, by NASA's Voyager 1 from a distance of about 3.4 million kilometers (2.1 million miles).
PIA00352:
Ganymede at 3.4 million miles
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-13 Earth Voyager
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These six narrow-angle color images were made from the first ever 'portrait' of the solar system taken by NASA's Voyager 1, which was more than 4 billion miles from Earth and about 32 degrees above the ecliptic.
PIA00453:
Solar System Portrait - Views of 6 Planets
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-09-26 Callisto Voyager
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This false color picture of Callisto was taken by NASA's Voyager 2 on July 7, 1979 at a range of 1,094,666 kilometers (677,000 miles) and is centered on 11 degrees N and 171 degrees W.
PIA00457:
Callisto False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-03-15 Callisto Voyager
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This photo of Callisto, outermost of Jupiter's four Galilean satellites, was taken a few minutes after midnight (PST) Feb. 26, 1979 by NASA's Voyager 1.
PIA01510:
Callisto From 8,023,000 kilometers
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-03-13 Io Voyager
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This picture of Io, the innermost Galilean satellite, was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 5, 1979 at a range of 377,000 kilometers (226,200 miles). The smallest features visible are about 10 kilometers (6 miles) across.
PIA01514:
Io Surface Deposits and Volcanic Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-16 Europa Voyager
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This view of Europa captured by NASA's Voyager 1 was taken from a range of 2,869,252 kilometers (1.6 million miles) on March 2 at 2:00 PM. The color composite is made from three black and white images taken through the orange, green and violet filters.
PIA01970:
Europa from 2,869,252 Kilometers
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-23 Ganymede Voyager
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NASA's Voyager 1 took this picture of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede from a distance of 5 million miles (8.025 million kilometers) early on the morning of Feb. 26. Ganymede is the largest of Jupiter's 13 satellites.
PIA01987:
Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 Rhea Voyager
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Multiple impact craters are seen on the ancient surface of Saturn's moon Rhea in this picture taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980 at a range of 73,000 kilometers (45,000 miles).
PIA02270:
Rhea - Multiple Impact Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-23 Rhea Voyager
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The icy, cratered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea is seen in this image taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on Nov. 12, 1980, at a range of 85,000 kilometers (52,800 miles) as the spacecraft passed over the satellite's north pole.
PIA02273:
Rhea - Icy Cratered Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-25 Callisto Voyager
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This picture of a multi-ring basin on Callisto was taken by NASA's Voyager 1 on the morning of March 6, 1979, from a distance of about 200,000 km.
PIA02277:
Callisto Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-09-01 Earth Terra
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The John F. Kennedy Space Center, America's spaceport, is located along Florida's eastern shore on Cape Canaveral. Established as NASA's Launch Operations Center on July 1, 1962, This image was acquired by NASA's Terra spacecraft.
PIA01918:
John F. Kennedy Space Center
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-12 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept shows a Jupiter-like planet soaking up the scorching rays of its nearby 'sun.' This NASA Spitzer Space Telescope illustration portrays how the planet would appear to infrared eyes, showing temperature variations across its surface.
PIA01938:
Exotic World Blisters Under the Sun (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-09 HD 189733b Spitzer Space Telescope
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This image shows the first-ever map of the surface of an exoplanet, or a planet beyond our solar system. Showing temperature variations across the cloudy tops of a gas giant called HD 189733b, the infrared data is taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
PIA09376:
First Map of Alien World (animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-28 UX Tau A Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept is of the one-million-year-old star system called UX Tau A, approximately 450 light-years away. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope showed a gap in the dusty planet-forming disk swirling around the system's central sun-like star.
PIA10118:
UX Tau A (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-10 HD 172555 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept shows a celestial body about the size of our moon slamming at great speed into a body the size of Mercury. NASA's Spitzer found evidence that a high-speed collision of this sort occurred a few thousand years ago around a young star.
PIA12166:
Planetary Demolition Derby (Artist Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-08 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept shows how NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope was able to detect a super Earth's direct light for the first time using its sensitive heat-seeking infrared vision.
PIA15622:
First-of-Its-Kind Glimpse at a Super Earth (Artist Animation)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-08 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This artist's concept depicts 55 Cancri e as it orbits its star. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has, for the first time, captured the light emanating from a distant super Earth, a planet more massive than Earth but lighter than Neptune.
PIA15623:
Super Earth Reveals Itself to Spitzer (Artist Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-22 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This chart shows, on the top row, artist conceptions of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, distances from their star, radii and masses as compared to those of Earth. The bottom row shows data about Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
PIA21425:
TRAPPIST-1 Statistics Table
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-22 Spitzer Space Telescope
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All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system.
PIA21428:
TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-02-22 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This illustration shows the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets as they might look as viewed from Earth using a fictional, incredibly powerful telescope. The sizes and relative positions are correctly to scale.
PIA21429:
Transit Illustration of TRAPPIST-1
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-05 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This chart shows artist concepts of the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 with their orbital periods, distances from their star, radii, masses, densities and surface gravity as compared to those of Earth. These numbers are current as of February 2018.
PIA22094:
TRAPPIST-1 Planet Lineup - Updated Feb. 2018
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-05 Spitzer Space Telescope
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All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. In fact, they would have room to spare.
PIA22096:
TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Updated Feb. 2018
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-09 Sol (our sun) SDO
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On May 9, 2016, Mercury passed directly between the Sun and Earth, making a transit of the Sun. Mercury transits happen about 13 times each century. NASA's SDO studies the Sun 24/7 and captured the eight-hour event.
PIA14729:
Mercury Transit Across the Sun Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-04 Asteroid Psyche
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This illustration, updated in April 2022, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name.
PIA24834:
Psyche Spacecraft at the Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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Ganymede's Shadow
PIA09237:
Ganymede's Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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Moons around Jupiter
PIA09238:
Moons around Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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Io and Ganymede
PIA09239:
Io and Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Jupiter New Horizons
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A 'Moving' Jupiter Global Map (Animation)
PIA09242:
A 'Moving' Jupiter Global Map (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-11 Pluto New Horizons
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An unusual geological feature resembling a giant spider sprawls across Pluto's icy landscape in this enhanced color image was obtained by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015.
PIA20641:
The Icy 'Spider' on Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-13 Comet NEOWISE
 NEOWISE Telescope
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's NEOWISE survey in the mission's first year following its restart in December 2013. Each dot represents an asteroid or comet that the mission observed.
PIA19101:
One Year of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Asteroid NEOWISE
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) investigation for the mission's first two years following its restart in December 2013. Green circles represent near-Earth objects.
PIA20546:
Two Years of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-06-05 Asteroid NEOWISE
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's NEOWISE's third year of survey data with the spacecraft discovering 97 previously unknown celestial objects in the last year.
PIA21653:
Three Years of NEOWISE Data Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-15 NEOCam
 NEOCam Sensor
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The NEOCam chip is the first megapixel sensor capable of detecting infrared wavelengths at temperatures achievable in deep space without refrigerators or cryogens.
PIA16955:
NEOCam Sensor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-22 S Rings MESSENGER
Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Wide Angle
MDIS - Wide Angle
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These images show views of Earth and the moon from NASA's Cassini (left) and MESSENGER spacecraft (right) from July 19, 2013.
PIA17038:
Two Views of Home
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-15 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft observed about half of the hemisphere missed by Mariner 10.
PIA10172:
MESSENGER's First Look at Mercury's Previously Unseen Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-10-12 Mercury MESSENGER
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This image from NASA' MESSENGER spacecraft shows a portion of Mercury's southern hemisphere. The bright rayed crater near the limb is Debussy. Also visible is Matabei, a small crater distinguishable by its unique dark rays.
PIA15051:
Mercury in Limb-o
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-17 Mercury MESSENGER
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This spectacular color mosaic shows the eastern limb of Mercury as seen by NASA's MESSENGER as the spacecraft departed the planet following the mission's first Mercury flyby in January 2008.
PIA12842:
Spectacular Color . . . with Better Yet to Come
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
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NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005.
PIA10120:
Earth Departure Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005.
PIA10121:
Galapagos Islands Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-05 Venus MESSENGER
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After acquiring hundreds of high-resolution images during close approach to Venus, NASA's MESSENGER turned its wide-angle camera back to the planet and acquired a departure sequence.
PIA10125:
MESSENGER Bids Farewell to Venus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
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NASA's MESSENGER's Earth flyby on Aug. 2, 2005, not only adjusted the spacecraft's path to Mercury - the gravity assist maneuver allowed the spacecraft team to test several MESSENGER science instruments by observing its home planet.
PIA10122:
Twins Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-11-24 Venus MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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On Oct. 24, 2006, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft came within 2,990 kilometers (1,860 miles) of Venus during its second planetary encounter.
PIA10123:
Approaching Venus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-05 Venus MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft snapped a series of images as it approached Venus on June 5. The planet is enshrouded by a global layer of clouds that obscures its surface to the MESSENGER Dual Imaging System (MDIS) cameras.
PIA10124:
Approaching Venus Image #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-10 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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On January 9, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft snapped one of its first images of Mercury at a distance of about 2.7 million kilometers (1.7 million miles) from the planet.
PIA10166:
MESSENGER Readies for its Encounter with Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-11 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft continued to speed toward Mercury, preparing for its closest approach to the planet on Monday, January 14, 2008.
PIA10167:
MESSENGER Closes in on Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-12 Mercury MESSENGER
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With just two days until NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest pass by Mercury, the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) is acquiring sets of images twice a day.
PIA10168:
MESSENGER Nears Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-13 Mercury MESSENGER
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With just one day until NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's historic flyby of Mercury, MESSENGER has Mercury clearly in its sights. The Narrow Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), took this image on January 12, 2008.
PIA10169:
MESSENGER has Mercury in its Sights
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-14 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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On January 14, 2008, at 19:04:39 UTC (2:04:39 pm EST), NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft experienced its closest approach to Mercury, passing just 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the planet's surface.
PIA10170:
Countdown to MESSENGER's Closest Approach with Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft approached Mercury for its first flyby, the Narrow Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument acquired the nine images shown here taken from January 9 to 13, 2008.
PIA10171:
Rendezvous with Mercury Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-16 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Narrow Angle
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During its flyby of Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft acquired high-resolution images of the planet's surface. This image was obtained on January 14, 2008.
PIA10173:
Mercury's Cratered Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Just 21 minutes after NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest approach to Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) took this picture showing a variety of intriguing surface features, including craters as small as about 400 meters (about 400 yards) across.
PIA10174:
Detailed Close-up of Mercury's Previously Unseen Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER approached Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft's Narrow-Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument captured this view of the planet's rugged, cratered landscape illuminated obliquely by the Sun.
PIA10175:
MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-17 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft drew closer to Mercury for its historic first flyby, the spacecraft's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) acquired an image mosaic of the sunlit portion of the planet.
PIA10176:
MESSENGER Views Mercury's Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-17 Mercury MESSENGER
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Shortly following NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest approach to Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) instrument acquired this image as part of a mosaic that covers much of the sunlit portion of the hemisphere.
PIA10177:
MESSENGER Reveals Mercury's Geological History
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-17 Mercury MESSENGER
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The image shows part of a large, fresh crater with secondary crater chains located near Mercury's equator on the side of the planet newly imaged on January 14, 2008 by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft.
PIA10178:
Mercury's Complex Cratering History
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-18 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER neared Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft's Wide Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) took this image of the planet's full crescent.
PIA10179:
An Overview of Mercury as MESSENGER Approached
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-19 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) became the first instrument to measure the distance between a spacecraft and the surface of Mercury.
PIA10183:
First Results from the Mercury Laser Altimeter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-19 Mercury MESSENGER
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Just nine minutes after NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury, its closest distance to the planet during the January 14, 2008, flyby, the Wide Angle Camera (WAC) snapped this image.
PIA10184:
MESSENGER's First Image after Closest Approach
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-20 Mercury MESSENGER
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A complex history of geological evolution is recorded in this frame from the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument, taken during NASA's MESSENGER's close flyby of Mercury on January 14, 2008.
PIA10185:
Ridges and Cliffs on Mercury's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-20 Mercury MESSENGER
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NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) acquired this view of Mercury's surface illuminated obliquely from the right by the Sun.
PIA10186:
MESSENGER Views an Intriguing Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-22 Mercury MESSENGER
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During its flyby of Mercury, on January 14, 2008 NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft acquired the first high-resolution spectra of the planet's surface in ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared light.
PIA10188:
First MESSENGER Spectrum of Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-21 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury and snapped the first pictures of a side of Mercury not previously seen, with a view looking toward Mercury's south pole.
PIA10187:
Looking Toward the South Pole of Mercury
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-22 Mercury MESSENGER
 MDIS - Wide Angle
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This visible-infrared image shows an incoming view of Mercury, about 80 minutes before NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest pass of the planet on January 14, 2008, from a distance of about 27,000 kilometers (17,000 miles).
PIA10189:
Mercury - in Color!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-23 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft approached Mercury on Jnuary 14, 2008, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) snapped this image of the crater Matisse.
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MESSENGER Dances by Matisse
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 13, 2008, beginning 30 hours before NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest approach to Mercury, the Wide Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), began snapping images as it approached the planet.
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MESSENGER Approaches Mercury Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-24 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER flew by Mercury and snapped images of a large portion of the surface that had not been previously seen by spacecraft including numerous craters.
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Counting Mercury's Craters
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During NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's flyby of Mercury on January 14, 2008, part of the planned sequence of observations included taking images of the same portion of Mercury's surface from five different viewing angles.
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MESSENGER's Different Views
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-26 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft sped by Mercury on January 14, 2008, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) captured this shot looking toward Mercury's north pole.
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MESSENGER Looks to the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-27 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's team continued to study the high-resolution images taken during the Mercury flyby encounter on January 14, 2008, scarps (cliffs) that extend for long distances were discovered.
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Mercury's Long Cliffs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-28 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 14, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to see the side of Mercury shown in this image -- the historic first look at the previously unseen side.
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A Closer Look at the Previously Unseen Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-29 Mercury MESSENGER
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After NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft completed its successful flyby of Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), took these images of the receding planet.
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MESSENGER's Departing Shots
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After NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft completed its successful flyby of Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), took these images of the receding planet. This is a frame from an animation.
PIA10197:
MESSENGER Departs Mercury Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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Calcium was detected in the near-Mercury exosphere by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft and has also been observed telescopically from Earth.
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Mercury's Hydrogen Tail
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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This scene was imaged by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) during the spacecraft's flyby of Mercury on January 14, 2008.
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Double Ring Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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This frame from an animation shows a conceptual sketch of Mercury's magnetosphere at the time of NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's flyby.
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MESSENGER Flies through Mercury's Magnetosphere Animation Icon
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This depiction of a simulated Mercury magnetosphere shows representations of the distortions of the planetary magnetic field lines (blue) by the solar wind.
PIA10380:
Mercury's Internal Magnetic Field
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A close-up of the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) profile of Mercury acquired during NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's first Mercury flyby on January 14, 2008.
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Topographic Close-up
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Seeking Information on Mercury's Mineralogy
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Seeking Information on Mercury's Mineralogy
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The Great Caloris Basin on Mercury
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The Great Caloris Basin on Mercury
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Mercury's Violent History
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Mercury's Violent History
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First Laser Altimetry for Mercury
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First Laser Altimetry for Mercury
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Mercury's Magnetic Field
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Mercury's Magnetic Field
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Mercury's Sodium Tail
PIA10396:
Mercury's Sodium Tail
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"The Spider" - Radial Troughs within Caloris
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Mercury Shows its True Colors
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Mercury Shows its True Colors
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Mercury's Geological Architecture
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Mercury's Geological Architecture
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One Month Ago…
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One Month Ago…
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Craters with Dark Halos on Mercury
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Craters with Dark Halos on Mercury
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Craters in Caloris
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Craters in Caloris
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Making a Mosaic
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Making a Mosaic
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Making a Mosaic - Part II
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Making a Mosaic - Part II
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Exploring the Evolution of the Caloris Basin
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Exploring the Evolution of the Caloris Basin
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Appreciating Mozart in a New Light
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Appreciating Mozart in a New Light
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Images Mercury from 4 Million Kilometers
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Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) Images Mercury from 4 Million Kilometers
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Discovering New Rupes on Mercury
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Discovering New Rupes on Mercury
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Now Introducing: Eminescu
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Now Introducing: Eminescu
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New Names for Features on Mercury
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New Names for Features on Mercury
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