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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Spirit Slipping in Soft Ground, Sol 1889
PIA12002:
Spirit Slipping in Soft Ground, Sol 1889
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Spirit's Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
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Spirit's Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image of 'Block Island' was taken on July 28, 2009, with the front hazard-identification camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA12160:
Block Island in Sight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-07-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This is a picture of 'Block Island' an odd-shaped, dark rock, which may be a meteorite.
PIA12161:
Block Island Close-up
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit recorded this forward view of its arm and surroundings; bright soil in the left half of the image is loose, fluffy material churned by the rover's left-front wheel as Spirit.
PIA12312:
Spirit's Robotic Stretch on Sol 2052
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit looks toward the northwest and shows some of the targets examined by Spirit after the rover became embedded at this site.
PIA12354:
Site of Intense Investigation by Spirit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Wheel slippage during attempts to extricate NASA's Mars Rover Spirit from a patch of soft ground during the preceding two weeks had partially buried 
the wheels by the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, of the Spirit's mission on Mars (May 6, 2009).
PIA12355:
Spirit's Wheels Digging into Soft Ground, Sol 1899
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its rear hazard avoidance camera to take this view toward the south during the 1,899th Martian day, or sol, 
of Spirit's mission on Mars (May 6, 2009).
PIA12356:
Rear View Southward from 'Troy'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image is one of two images which documents very slight forward movement of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during a drive on the rover's 2,090th Martian day, or sol (Nov. 19, 2009).
PIA12471:
Movement from Spirit's Second Extrication Drive Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Movement from Spirit's Third Extrication Drive
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Movement from Spirit's Third Extrication Drive Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Little Movement in Spirit's Sol 2099 Drive
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Little Movement in Spirit's Sol 2099 Drive Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-15 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Diagnostic tests were run on the right-rear wheel and right-front wheel on NASA's Spirit. The right-rear wheel continued to show no motion in the latest tests and exhibited very high resistance in the motor winding.
PIA12398:
Slight Movement by Spirit's Right-Front Wheel, Sol 2113 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This frame (taken from a three-frame animation) aids evaluation of performance of the right-front wheel on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit during a drive on the rover's 2,117th Martian day, or sol (Dec. 16, 2009).
PIA12482:
Rotations by Spirit's Right-Front Wheel, Sol 2117 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image is one of two frames showing NASA's Spirit driving backward as next technique for attempting to extricate the rover from the sand trap where it is embedded. Go to the Photojournal for the animation.
PIA12497:
Movement During Backward Drive, Sols 2147 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity is from the edge of a football-field-size crater informally named 'Santa Maria.' The rover's upraised robotic arm, itself out of view, casts a dragon-shaped shadow in the foreground. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA13710:
Fisheye Stereo from Edge of 'Santa Maria' Crater, Sol 2459
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its front hazard-avoidance camera to take this picture showing the rover's arm extended toward a light-toned rock, 'Tisdale 2,' during sol 2,695 (Aug. 23, 2011). Tisdale 2 is about 12 inches tall.
PIA14749:
Opportunity at Work Examining 'Tisdale 2,' Sol 2695
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity casts a shadow on a rock outcrop called 'Chester Lake.' The rock is on a low ridge called 'Cape York,' which is a segment of the western rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA14751:
Shadow Across 'Chester Lake' on Endeavour Rim, Sol 2710
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-12-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This view from the front hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's arm's shadow falling near a bright mineral vein informally named 'Homestake.'
PIA15037:
Opportunity's Approach to 'Homestake'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove about 12 feet (3.67 meters) on May 8, 2012, after spending 19 weeks working on the north slope of an outcrop called Greeley Haven while solar power was too low for driving during the Martian winter.
PIA15681:
Looking Back at Greeley Haven After Opportunity's First Drive of 2012
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this view of its afternoon shadow stretching into Endeavour Crater during the 3,051st Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's work on Mars (Aug. 23, 2012).
PIA16120:
Shadow Self-Portrait by Opportunity at Endeavour Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image from NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's arm extended for examination of a target called 'Onaping' at the base of an outcrop called 'Copper Cliff' in the Matijevic Hill area of the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA16555:
Opportunity Investigation Target "Onaping"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-10 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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These two images, taken five Martian days (sols) apart by the front hazard-avoidance camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, document the Martian sky above the rover's Endeavour Crater location becoming dustier.
PIA16814:
Sky Gets Dustier Between Opportunity's Sols 3296 and 3301
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-16 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image was taken by Opportunity's front hazard-avoidance camera after the Sol 3309 drive, looking back at the tracks produced while the rover was driving in reverse, as it often does.
PIA16933:
View Back at Record-Setting Drive by Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This view shows the terrain that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is crossing in a flat area called 'Botany Bay' on the way toward 'Solander Point,' which is visible on the horizon.
PIA17271:
Opportunity's View in 'Botany Bay' Toward 'Solander Point'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity caught its own silhouette in this late-afternoon image from the rover's rear HAZCAM on Mar, 20, 2014; its shadow falls across a slope called McClure-Beverlin Escarpment on the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA17956:
Shadow Portrait of NASA Rover Opportunity on Martian Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-12-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is continuing its traverse southward on the western rim of Endeavour Crater during the fall of 2014, stopping to investigate targets of scientific interest along way.
PIA19082:
Opportunity Pausing at a Bright Outcrop on Endeavour Rim, Sol 3854
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-03-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The flat-faced rock near the center of this image is a target for contact investigation by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in early March 2015. The rock includes a target called 'Sergeant Charles Floyd.'
PIA19146:
Blocky Rock is Exam Target for Mars Rover Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has extended its robotic arm for studying a light-toned rock target called 'Athens' in this March 25, 2015, image from the rover's front hazard avoidance camera.
PIA19160:
Mars Rover Opportunity Examines Bright 'Athens'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-25 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The target beneath the tool turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm in this image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is 'Private John Potts,' which slices through the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA20285:
Mars Rover Opportunity at Rock Abrasion Target 'Potts'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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A shadow and wheel tracks of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity appear in this image taken by a rear hazard avoidance camera (hazcam) just after a drive on a slope above Endeavour Crater on March 22, 2016.
PIA20328:
Opportunity's Shadow and Tracks on Martian Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-18 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This is one of the first images NASA's Perseverance rover sent back after touching down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The view, from one of Perseverance's Hazard Cameras, is partially obscured by a dust cover. The rover's shadow can be seen at left.
PIA24268:
Perseverance Rover's First Image from Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-19 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This high-resolution image shows one of the six wheels aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, which landed on Feb.18, 2021. The image was taken by one of Perseverance's color Hazard Cameras (Hazcams).
PIA24429:
Perseverance's Big Wheel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-19 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA24430:
Perseverance's First Full-Color Look at Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-24 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image from one of the rear Hazcams, aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, shows a smoke plume from the crashed descent stage that lowered the rover to the Martian surface.
PIA24425:
Black and White: Smoke Plume from Perseverance's Descent Stage
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-05 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image was captured while NASA's Perseverance rover drove on Mars for the first time on March 4, 2021. One of Perseverance's Hazcams captured this image as the rover completed a short traverse and turn from its landing site in Jezero Crater.
PIA24482:
Perseverance Hazcam First Drive
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-05 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter can be seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover's rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021, the 44th Martian day, or sol of the mission.
PIA24541:
Ingenuity Deployed on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-30 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (above center to the right) is viewed by one of the hazard cameras aboard the Perseverance rover during the helicopter's fourth flight on April 30, 2021.
PIA24642:
Perseverance's Hazard Cameras View Ingenuity's Fourth Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-20 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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The robotic arm on NASA's Perseverance rover reached out to examine rocks in an area on Mars nicknamed the Cratered Floor Fractured Rough area in this image captured on July 10, 2021.
PIA24748:
Perseverance's Arm Over Paver Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-06 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image taken by one of the hazard cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance rover on August 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in what the rover's science team calls a paver rock in preparation for the mission's first attempt to collect a sample from Mars.
PIA24795:
Perseverance's Drill Hole for First Sample Collection Attempt
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-26 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover's more powerful sampling drill.
PIA24767:
Perseverance Team Selects a New Rock to Abrade
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-10 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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On Aug. 27, 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover captured this image of the science-instrument-laden turret at the end of its robotic arm getting close to the rock nicknamed Rochette.
PIA24831:
Perseverance Gets to Know Rochette
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-01-07 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image shows the cored-rock sample remaining in the sample tube after the drill bit was extracted from Perseverance's bit carousel on January 7, 2022.
PIA25067:
Perseverance's Bit Carousel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-01-21 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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An animated GIF depicts the Martian surface below the Perseverance rover, showing the results of the Jan. 15, 2022, percussive drill test to clear cored-rock fragments from one of the rover's sample tubes.
PIA25070:
Before and After Perseverance Sample Tube Shake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-29 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image of the sedimentary rocks of Enchanted Lake was taken by one of the Perseverance rover's Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcams) near the base of Jezero Crater's delta on April 30, 2022.
PIA25325:
Enchanted View of Jezero Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-17 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image of Yori Pass was taken by a Hazcam imager aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on November 5, 2022.
PIA25339:
Jezero Crater's Yori Pass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This GIF shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a regolith sampling bit on the end of its robotic arm.
PIA25654:
NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Regolith
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-15 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of Bettys Rock using one of its front hazard cameras on June 20, 2022, the 474th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25655:
Perseverance Views Bettys Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-17 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This movie is made from images taken by the Mars Perseverance rover's Front Left Hazard Avoidance Camera between Sol 13 (March 4, 2021) and Sol 708 (Feb. 16, 2023), during the first two years of the rover's surface mission.
PIA25799:
Front Left Hazcam – Two Year Movie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-31 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This image shows the rocky outcrop the Perseverance science team calls Berea after the NASA Mars rover extracted a rock core and abraded a circular patch. The image was taken by one of the rover's front hazard cameras on March 30, 2023.
PIA25688:
Perseverance Samples 'Berea'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-31 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This animation shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collecting a rock sample from an outcrop the science team calls Berea using a coring bit on the end of its robotic arm. The images were taken by one of the rover's front hazard cameras.
PIA25689:
Perseverance Cores 'Berea'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-05 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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These sets of animated GIFs show seven views of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover wiggling its wheels on March 4, 2021, the day Perseverance completed its first drive on Mars.
PIA24489:
Multiple Views of Perseverance's Wheels Wiggling
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Two holes are visible in the rock, nicknamed Rochette, from which NASA's Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples.
PIA24840:
Rochette After Perseverance Sampling
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-10 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover took this image of the Martian rock nicknamed Rochette on Aug. 27, 2021, shortly after it abraded a circular patch known as Bellegarde.
PIA24839:
Abrasion Patch on Rochette
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The Curiosity engineering team created this cylindrical projection view from images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover front hazard avoidance cameras underneath the rover deck on Sol 0. Pictured here are are the 'pigeon-toed' the wheels.
PIA16060:
Curiosity's View From Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The Curiosity engineering team created this cylindrical projection view from images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover rear hazard avoidance cameras underneath the rover deck on Sol 0. Pictured here are the 'pigeon-toed' wheels in their stowed position from
PIA16061:
A View From Below the Rover Deck
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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On Aug. 28, 2012, during the 22nd Martian day, or sol, after landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover drove about 52 feet (16 meters) eastward, the longest drive of the mission so far. The drive imprinted the wheel tracks visible in this image.
PIA15694:
Tracks from Eastbound Drive on Curiosity's Sol 22
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-31 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove about 70 feet (about 21 meters) on the mission's 21st Martian day, or sol (Aug. 30, 2012) and then took images with its Navigation Camera that are combined into this scene, which inclues the fresh tracks.
PIA15697:
Looking Back at Tracks from Sol 24 Drive
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-01-28 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The percussion drill in the turret of tools at the end of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has been positioned in contact with the rock surface in this image from the rover's front Hazard-Avoidance Camera (Hazcam).
PIA16716:
Curiosity's Drill in Place for Load Testing Before Drilling
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-02-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This frame from a set of three images from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the rover's drill in action on Feb. 8, 2013, or Sol 182, Curiosity's 182nd Martian day of operations.
PIA16728:
Ready, Set, Drill Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-16 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its front left Hazard-Avoidance Camera for this image of the rover's arm over the drilling target 'Cumberland' during the 275th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (May 15, 2013).
PIA16932:
Curiosity at 'Cumberland'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-05 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This frame from an animation from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the rover drilling into rock target 'Cumberland.' The drilling was performed during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the Curiosity's work on Mars (May 19, 2013).
PIA17068:
Curiosity Mars Rover Drilling Into Its Second Rock Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-17 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image on with its Hazcam just after completing a drive that took the mission's total driving distance past the 1 kilometer (0.62 mile) mark.
PIA17279:
One Down, Many Kilometers to Go
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-01 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Here is a rover's eye view of driving, scooping and drilling during Curiosity's first year on Mars, August 2012 through July 2013 taken by NASA's Mars rover's Navigation Camera (Navcam).
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Twelve Months in Two Minutes; Curiosity's First Year on Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-23 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used a new technique, with added autonomy for the rover, in placement of the tool-bearing turret on its robotic arm. The technique is used to assess how close the instrument is to a soil or rock surface.
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Curiosity Uses X-ray Instrument's Data for Proximity Placement
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-11 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as the rover drove over a dune spanning 'Dingo Gap' on Mars. The light-toned dome on the right side of the horizon is part of Mount Sharp.
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Movie of Curiosity's View Backwards While Crossing Dune Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-11 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on its mast to catch this look-back eastward at wheel tracks from driving through and past 'Dingo Gap' inside Gale Crater.
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Curiosity Making Headway West of 'Dingo Gap'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This image from the front Hazcam on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the rover's drill in place during a test of whether the rock beneath it, 'Bonanza King,' would be an acceptable target for drilling to collect a sample.
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Candidate Drilling Target on Mars Doesn't Pass Exam
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-14 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This view NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows the rover's drill in position for a mini-drill test to assess whether a rock target called 'Mojave' is appropriate for full-depth drilling to collect a sample. It was taken on Jan. 13, 2015.
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Curiosity Conducting Mini-Drill Test at 'Mojave'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used one of its Hazcams to catch this apparent dusty wind gust blowing overhead on March 18, 2022.
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Curiosity's Hazcam Catches a Dusty Wind Gust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity rover used its front and rear black-and-white Hazcams to capture 12 hours of a Martian day. The rover's shadow is visible on the surface in these images taken by the front Hazcam.
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Curiosity's Hazcams Capture a Day on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-10 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This view of the lower front and underbelly areas of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was taken by the rover's MAHLI camera during Sept. 9, 2012. Also visible are the hazard avoidance cameras on the front of the rover.
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Belly Check for Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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Dragging Its Foot
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Dragging Its Foot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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In 90 martian days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit performed a remarkable series of drives, digs and scientific investigations at Gusev Crater, Mars.
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90 Sols in 90 Seconds Animation Icon
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This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity focuses on a target called 'Goal 5' a wind-rippled spot on the upper part of the crater, higher in hematite content compared to other soils within the crater.
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Ebony and Ivory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows the tracks and trench marks made by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The rover can be seen to the lower left of the lander.
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Track-and-Trench
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This image shows the tracks and trench marks made by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The rover can be seen to the lower left of the lander.
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Track-and-Trench 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity dragged one of its wheels back and forth across the sandy soil at Meridiani Planum to create a hole.
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Opportunity Trenches Martian Soil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the two holes that allowed scientists to peer into Meridiani Planum's wet past. The rover drilled the holes into rocks in the region dubbed 'El Capitan' with its rock abrasion tool.
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Windows to Meridiani's Water-Soaked Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-24 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity casts a shadow over the El Capitan area on Mars. Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool to grind a small hole into Opportunity Ledge.
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Opportunity at El Capitan
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity provides a circular sign of the success of the rover's first grinding of a rock. The round, shallow hole seen in this image is on a rock dubbed 'McKittrick,' located in the 'El Capitan' area of the larger outcrop
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Circular Signs of the Rock Abrasion Tool
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity brushing bright materials off a circular patch of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' The freshly exposed rock was investigated by instruments on the rover's arm March 25, 2004.
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Spring Cleaning Animation Icon
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This image was taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit after completing a two-location brushing on the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal.' A coating of fine, dust-like material was successfully removed from targets, revealing clean rock underneath.
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Windows to Fresh Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-30 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image of the rock dubbed 'Mazatzal' taken after the rover's rock abrasion tool completed a grind to produce the hole on Mazatzal's surface. The wheel tracks are seen at the base of the rock.
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Door to 'Mazatzal's' Past
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image on March 31, 2004, after the rover's rock abrasion tool had brushed for three minutes on each of six locations on the rock named 'Mazatzal' to create a flower-shaped mosaic.
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Spirit Has Flower Power
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-02-13 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander set its heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3), on the Martian surface on Feb. 12, 2019.
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HP3 on the Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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Engineers in a Mars-like test area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory try possible strategies to aid the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) on NASA's InSight lander, using engineering models of the lander, robotic arm and instrument.
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JPL Engineers Test Heat Probe Strategies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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The self-hammering mole, part of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) on NASA's InSight lander, was only partially buried in the soil of Mars as of early June 2019, as shown in this illustration.
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Current Position of InSight's Mole (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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In a JPL lab, a replica of NASA InSight's robotic arm presses with its scoop on crushed garnet near a replica of the spacecraft's self-hammering 'mole.'
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Testing How InSight's Arm Will Push on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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The support structure of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument moved slightly during hammering, as indicated by the circular 'footprints' around the instrument's footpads.
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Signs of the Heat Probe Shifting on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-05 Mars InSight
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The robotic arm on NASA's Mars InSight lander moves in place over the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) and opens the fingers of its grapple in this series of images from June 1, 2019.
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Getting Ready to Help InSight's Heat Probe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-03 Mars InSight
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NASA InSight's robotic arm will use its scoop to pin the spacecraft's heat probe, or 'mole,' against the wall of its hole.
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Preparing to Pin the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-06 Mars InSight
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The shadow of NASA InSight's robotic arm moves over its heat probe on Nov. 3, 2019, the 333rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
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InSight's Arm Camera Stares Into the Pit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-21 Mars InSight
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This test using an engineering model of the InSight lander here on Earth shows how the spacecraft on Mars will use its robotic arm to press on a digging device, called the mole.
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Robotic Arm Pushes on a Model of the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-21 Mars InSight
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InSight recently moved its robotic arm closer to its digging device, called the mole, in preparation to push on its top, or back cap.
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InSight Prepares to Push on the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Mars InSight
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The movement of sand grains in the scoop on the end of NASA InSight's robotic arm suggests that the spacecraft's self-hammering mole had begun tapping the bottom of the scoop while hammering on June 20, 2020.
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NASA InSight's Mole Taps the Bottom of the Lander's Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight retracted its robotic arm on Oct. 3, 2020, revealing where the spike-like mole is trying to burrow into Mars. In the coming months, the arm will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
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InSight's Arm Pulls Back, Revealing the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Mars InSight
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This footage from Aug. 19, 2019, shows a replica of InSight scraping soil with a scoop on the end of its robotic arm in a test lab at JPL. On Mars, InSight will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
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Replica of InSight's Arm Practices Scraping
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-14 Mars InSight
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The mole, a heat probe that traveled to Mars aboard NASA's InSight lander, as it looked after hammering on Jan. 9, 2021. After trying since Feb. 28, 2019, to bury the probe, the mission team called an end to their efforts.
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InSight's Mole Comes to Rest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander used a scoop on its robotic arm to begin trickling soil over the cable connecting its seismometer to the spacecraft on March 14, 2021. Scientists hope insulating it from the wind will make it easier to detect marsquakes.
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InSight Starts Burying Seismometer's Cable
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-03 Mars InSight
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To clean a bit of dust from one of its solar panels, NASA's InSight lander trickled sand above the panel. The wind-borne sand grains then picked up some dust on the panel, enabling the lander to gain about 30 watt-hours of energy per sol on May 22, 2021.
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InSight's Robotic Arm Helps Remove Solar Panel Dust Trickles Sand in the Wind
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