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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.
PIA25177:
Curiosity's Hazcam Catches a Dusty Wind Gust
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-07 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to survey these wind-sharpened rocks, called ventifacts, on March 15, 2022. The team has informally described these patches of ventifacts as gator-back rocks because of their scaly appearance.
PIA25175:
Curiosity Finds Gator-Back Rocks on Greenheugh
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-07 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to take this 360-degree panorama on March 23, 2022. The team has informally described the wind-sharpened rocks seen here as gator-back rocks because of their scaly appearance.
PIA25176:
Curiosity's 360-Degree Panorama of Gator-Back Rocks on Greenheugh
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this mound of rock nicknamed East Cliffs on May 7, 2022, the 3,466th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25288:
Door-Shaped Fracture Spotted by Curiosity at East Cliffs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-15 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover spotted these finger-like rocks with its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on May 15, 2022.
PIA25362:
Curiosity Spots Finger-Like Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of the sulfate-bearing region and upper Mount Sharp in a dust haze on May 26, 2022.
PIA25365:
Curiosity's View of Haze During Dust Season
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama near a location nicknamed Sierra Maigualida on May 22, 2022. The panorama is made up of 133 individual images captured by Curiosity's Mast Camera, or Mastcam.
PIA25366:
Curiosity's 360-degree Panorama Near Sierra Maigualida
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of a sulfate-bearing region using its Mastcam on May 2, 2022. Dark boulders seen near the center are thought to have formed from sand deposited in ancient streams or ponds.
PIA25367:
Curiosity's View of Sulfate-Bearing Region and Streambed Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of layered, flaky rocks believed to have formed in an ancient streambed or small pond. The six images that make up this mosaic were captured using Curiosity's Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on June 2, 2022.
PIA25368:
Curiosity's Mastcam Views Flaky, Streambed Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-06-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured evidence of layers that built up as windblown sand both accumulated and was scoured away at a location nicknamed Las Claritas. This image was captured using Curiosity's Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on May 19, 2022.
PIA25369:
Curiosity's Mastcam Views Layers at Las Claritas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-05 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama at a drill site nicknamed Avanavero on June 20, 2022. In its decade on the Red Planet, the rover has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect 41 rock and soil samples for analysis.
PIA25407:
Curiosity's 360-Degree Panorama of Avanavero Drill Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this panorama while driving toward the center of this scene, an area that forms the narrow Paraitepuy Pass on Aug. 14, 2022.
PIA25413:
Curiosity's View of Paraitepuy Pass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this panorama of a hill nicknamed Bolívar and adjacent sand ridges on Aug. 23, the 3,572nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25414:
Curiosity's View of Sand Ridges and Bolívar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this detail shot of the sandy foreground, a hill nicknamed Orinoco within the sulfate-bearing unit, and upper Mount Sharp in the distance.
PIA25415:
Curiosity's Close-Up of Rocks in Paraitepuy Pass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This grid shows all 36 holes drilled by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover using the drill on the end of its robotic arm. The images in the grid were captured by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the end of Curiosity's arm.
PIA25416:
Curiosity's 36 Drill Holes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras, or Navcams, to capture this panorama while driving through the narrow Paraitepuy Pass on Aug. 11, 2022, the 3,560th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25417:
Curiosity's Navcams View Paraitepuy Pass
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Curiosity used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this image of its 36th successful drill hole on Mount Sharp, at a rock called Canaima. The pulverized rock sample was acquired on Oct. 3, 2022.
PIA25418:
Curiosity's 36th Drill Hole at Canaima
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-02 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this iron-nickel meteorite nicknamed Cacao on Jan, 28, 2023. This meteorite is estimated to be about 1 foot (30 centimeters) across.
PIA25737:
Curiosity Finds a Meteorite, 'Cacao'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Curiosity used its ChemCam instrument to view Gediz Vallis Ridge, spotting boulders that are thought to have been washed down in an ancient debris flow.
PIA25731:
ChemCam Mosaic of Gediz Vallis Ridge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity used its Mastcam to capture this 360-degree panorama of Marker Band Valley on Dec. 16, 2022. Rippled rock textures found in this area are the clearest evidence the rover has seen of water and waves from Mars' ancient past.
PIA25732:
Curiosity's 360-Degree View of Marker Band Valley
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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At the bottom of this valley, called Gediz Vallis, is a mound of boulders and debris that are believed to have been swept there by wet landslides billions of years ago. The rover team hopes to get a closer look at this evidence for flowing water.
PIA25733:
Curiosity Views Gediz Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity rover captured this image of rhythmic rock layers with a repetitive pattern in their spacing and thickness. The pattern might have been caused by weather or climate cycles, such as dust storms happening at regular intervals.
PIA25734:
Curiosity Views Rhythmic Rock Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured these sun rays shining through clouds at sunset on Feb. 2, 2023. It was the first time that sun rays, also known as crepuscular rays, have been viewed so clearly on Mars.
PIA25739:
Curiosity Views First Martian 'Sun Rays'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This feather-shaped iridescent cloud was captured just after sunset on Jan. 27, 2023. Studying the colors in iridescent clouds tells scientists something about particle size within the clouds and how they grow over time.
PIA25740:
Curiosity Views Feather-Shaped Iridescent Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-05-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this close-up view of a rock nicknamed Terra Firme that looks like the open pages of a book, on April 15, 2023, using the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the end of its robotic arm.
PIA25828:
Curiosity Finds a Book-Like Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-06-08 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This map shows all the quadrant themes for NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently in the Roraima quadrant. The red oval indicates the landing ellipse where the rover was targeted to touch down in 2012.
PIA25914:
Curiosity's Quadrant Themes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-06-13 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture panoramas of Marker Band Valley at two times of day on April 8, 2023. Color was added to a combination of both panoramas.
PIA25912:
Curiosity's 'Postcard' of 'Marker Band Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity used its Mastcam to capture this impact crater in a location nicknamed Jau on July 25, 2023. This was one of dozens of impact craters Curiosity stopped by after completing the most difficult climb of the mission.
PIA26014:
Curiosity Views a Crater at 'Jau'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left several sets of tracks where the rover experienced a fault, or unexpected stoppage mid-drive, while attempting the most difficult climb the mission has faced.
PIA26015:
Curiosity Views Its Tracks Using Its Navcam
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity left these tracks after trying multiple times to crest a slippery slope. This mosaic, made up of seven images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth, was captured by the rover's Mastcam on June 13, 2023.
PIA25920:
Curiosity's Climb Attempt Leaves Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity looks back down at Marker Band Valley, where the rover's tracks are visible in the distance, after climbing a steep slope. This mosaic was captured by the rover's Mastcam on June 21, 2023.
PIA26011:
Curiosity's View Back Toward 'Marker Band Valley'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity captured this 360-degree view of a challenging Martian slope that had a steep incline, slippery sand, and wheel-size boulders. This mosaic is composed of 145 images taken by the rover's Mastcam June 27, 2023.
PIA26012:
Curiosity's View up a Challenging Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover attempted to climb a slope near the center of this image, but struggled due to the incline, slippery sand, and wheel-size rocks.
PIA26013:
Curiosity's Attempted Climb up a Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of its right rear wheels using its navigation cameras on June 1.
PIA26016:
Curiosity's Navcams View Its Wheels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its navigation cameras to capture this scene after making a detour around the toughest climb it has ever faced.
PIA26018:
Curiosity Looks Over the Hill
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This panorama captured by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a location nicknamed Pontours where scientists spotted preserved, ancient mud cracks believed to have formed during long cycles of wet and dry conditions over many years.
PIA25915:
Curiosity Views Mud Cracks in the Clay-Sulfate Transition Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity captured this 360-degree panorama while parked below Gediz Vallis Ridge, a formation that preserves a record of one of the last wet periods seen on this part of Mars.
PIA26019:
Curiosity Views Gediz Vallis Ridge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is depicted in this 3D rendering of Gediz Vallis Ridge that was created using science data and imagery captured from space by the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA26020:
Rendering Depicts Curiosity at Gediz Vallis Ridge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-18 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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The route NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has taken while driving through the lower part of Mount Sharp is shown as a pale line here. Different parts of the mountain are labeled by color.
PIA26042:
Curiosity's Path to Gediz Vallis Ridge and Beyond
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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On Sept. 19, 2023, the Mastcam's filter wheel became stuck between the green and clear filter positions.
PIA26043:
Curiosity Mastcam Filter Wheel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using its black-and-white navigation cameras, or Navcams, at a location where it collected a sample from a rock nicknamed Sequoia. The panorama was captured on Oct. 21 and 26, 2023.
PIA26047:
Curiosity's Navcams View the Area Around 'Sequoia'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the drill on the end of its robotic arm to collect a sample from a rock nicknamed Sequoia on Oct. 17, 2023. The rover's Mastcam captured this image.
PIA26048:
Curiosity Views 'Sequoia' Using Its Mastcam
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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.
PIA26209:
Curiosity's Hazcams Capture a Day on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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After arriving at Gediz Vallis channel, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this 360-degree panorama using one of its black-and-white navigation cameras on Feb. 3, 2024.
PIA26246:
Curiosity Arrives at Gediz Vallis Channel
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama using its left black-and-white navigation camera on Feb. 1, 2024. The panorama is made up of 10 images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
PIA26247:
Curiosity Looks Back Down the Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-03-29 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this selfie using its left black-and-white navigation camera on Feb. 3, 2024. The selfie is made up of 36 individual images that were stitched together after being sent back to Earth.
PIA26310:
Curiosity Takes a Navcam Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-21 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.
PIA24870:
Mars Sample Return Concept Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-21 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows a concept for a proposed NASA Sample Retrieval Lander that would carry a small rocket called the Mars Ascent Vehicle to the Martian surface.
PIA25277:
Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Concept Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-21 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows a concept for a proposed NASA Mars lander-and-rocket combination that would play a key role in returning to Earth samples of Mars material collected by the Perseverance rover.
PIA25278:
Mars Sample Retrieval Lander-Mars Ascent Vehicle Launch Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-07-27 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples of rocks and soil being collected from the Martian surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.
PIA25326:
Mars Sample Return Concept Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-12 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration depicts the Mars Earth Entry System for the Mars Sample Return campaign. The system would contain the orbiting sample inside a disk-shaped vehicle with a heat shield for safe entry through the Earth's atmosphere.
PIA25336:
Mars Earth Entry System Aeroshell at Entry (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-03-30 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows the proposed process for recovering Mars samples gathered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after they are returned to Earth as part of the joint NASA/ESA Mars Sample Return Campaign.
PIA25857:
Mars Samples: Proposed Containment and Transport
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This illustration shows the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO), one of the flight missions making up the Mars Sample Return campaign to bring martian rock and atmospheric samples back to Earth.
PIA25891:
Artist's concept of the Earth Return Orbiter over Mars
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This illustration shows the European Space Agency's (ESA) Earth Return Orbiter (ERO), the biggest spacecraft to ever orbit Mars.
PIA25892:
Earth Return Orbiter Infographic
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This illustration shows the Earth Return Orbiter (ERO), one of the flight missions making up the Mars Sample Return campaign to bring martian rock and atmospheric samples back to Earth.
PIA25893:
Artist's Concept of Earth Return Orbiter Releasing Capsule containing Martian Samples
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This artist's concept shows the proposed Capture, Containment, and Return System, a NASA payload on the European Space Agency's Earth Return Orbiter.
PIA25894:
Artist's concept of the Capture, Containment, and Return System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-20 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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This illustration shows the proposed Capture, Containment, and Return System, a NASA payload on the European Space Agency's Earth Return Orbiter.
PIA25860:
Illustration of the Capture, Containment, and Return System for Mars Sample Return
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Engineer Abel Dizon explains how drop tests are conducted for a prototype lander being designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Sample Return campaign.
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Testing a Prototype Mars Lander
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Morgan Montalvo, another JPL engineer, sets guardrails on the floor below the prototype in a test of a scenario where the lander would stub a toe against a rock while touching down on Mars.
PIA25823:
Setting Guardrails for Mars Lander Testing
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This setup is being used at JPL to test a 16-inch-diameter (40-centimeter-diameter) footpad for a future Mars lander.
PIA25824:
A Full-Size Footpad Test
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JPL engineer Patrick DeGrosse reviews data from a drop test of a full-size lander footpad with a group of fellow engineers.
PIA25826:
Going Over the Footpad Test Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the orbiter and lander, just after the orbiter would release the lander to descend through the martian atmosphere.
PIA05486:
On Its Own
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This artist's concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the entry, descent and landing sequence the lander would undergo on its way to Mars.
PIA05487:
The Tricky Part
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This artist's concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the launch of the martian sample back toward Earth.
PIA05488:
To Mars and Back
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Sample Return
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This artist's concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows rendezvous of the orbiting sample container with the Earth return vehicle.
PIA05489:
Rendezvous in Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-17 Mars Mars Sample Return
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During the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, pristine samples of Mars rock and regolith will be collected and sealed inside collection tubes for later retrieval by the Sample Retrieval Lander mission in the late 2020s.
PIA24164:
Mars Sample Return Lander's Divert Maneuver
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-02-17 Mars Mars Sample Return
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After the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has collected pristine samples of Mars rock and regolith and deposited them inside collection tubes, they will be dropped off at strategic locations along the rover's driving route for later retrieval.
PIA24165:
Fetching Mars Samples
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Viking Lander 1 (Thomas A. Mutch Memorial Station) Imaged from Orbit
PIA01881:
Viking Lander 1 (Thomas A. Mutch Memorial Station) Imaged from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-12-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Viking Lander 2 (Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Station) Imaged from Orbit
PIA01882:
Viking Lander 2 (Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Station) Imaged from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Viking
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This image montage features a two-dimensional radar cross section of Mars' north polar cap collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft (top), and a color image mosaic of the polar cap from NASA's Viking project (bottom).
PIA20029:
Signs of a Martian Ice Age
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-07-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This view shows the texture of the ground in the area that was favored as a landing site for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander mission. The pattern resembles permafrost terrain on Earth, where cycles of thawing and freezing cause cracking into polygon shapes.
PIA09702:
Terrain Type for Phoenix Landing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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Launch date makes a difference in the orientation of ellipses marking where NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander would have a high probability of landing, given the planned targeting for the spring 2008 landing site.
PIA09946:
Possible Landing Ellipses for Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This view covers an area within the planned landing area for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. It was taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA09947:
Context Image of Planned Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This view shows scattered rocks and a polygonal ground texture within the 'sweet spot' of the planned landing area for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA09948:
Sweet Spot for Landing on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This is an image of Mars taken from orbit by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Red Planet's polar ice-cap is in the middle of the image and the Phoenix Lander is shown as a small white dot.
PIA11230:
Late-summer Martian Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander targeted landing area before the winter frost had entirely disappeared from the surface. The bright ice in shallow crevices accentuates the area's polygonal fracturing pattern.
PIA10658:
Polygon Patterned Ground on Mars and on Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This false-color polar map was generated from images obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI). It shows a large local dust storm that researchers were monitoring on May 25, 2008.
PIA10672:
Clear Skies Ahead
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This frame from an animation zooms in on the area on Mars where NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will touchdown on May 25, 2008. The image was taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA10669:
Zooming in on Landing Site Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This enhanced-color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Phoenix landing area viewed from orbit. With its solar panels deployed on the Martian surface, the spacecraft appears more blue than it would in reality.
PIA10710:
Connecting the Dots: Lander, Heat Shield, Parachute
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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Scientists were anticipating clear skies when NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrives on the north polar plains of the Red Planet Sunday, May 25, 2008.
PIA10788:
Martian Dust Storm on May 18, 2008 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured winter images of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander surrounded by dry-ice frost on Mars.
PIA12338:
Phoenix in Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, its backshell and heatshield visible within this enhanced-color image of the Phoenix landing site taken on Jan. 6, 2010 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA12490:
Phoenix Lander Amid Disappearing Spring Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Stages in the seasonal disappearance of surface ice from the ground around the Phoenix Mars Lander are visible in these images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover on 2-8-2010 and 2-25-2010, during springtime on northern Mars.
PIA12853:
Ice Around Phoenix Lander Continues to Lessen in Spring
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, taken Jan. 26, 2012, shows the back shell of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft after its second Martian arctic winter.
PIA15039:
Phoenix Back Shell After Second Martian Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-02-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, taken Jan. 26, 2012, shows NASA's no-longer-active Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft after its second Martian arctic winter.
PIA15110:
Phoenix Lander After Second Martian Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-02-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This image shows the location of NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander and related hardware around the mission's May 25, 2008, landing site on far-northern Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA22223:
NASA's Phoenix Lander on Mars, Nearly a Decade Later
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 2, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. One global map is generated each day to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity.
PIA15962:
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 2, 2012
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Oct. 28, 2008, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's MRO. One global map is generated each day to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity rover.
PIA15963:
Mars Weather Map, 2008
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flying over NASA's Curiosity (shown in pink) as the rover lands on the Red Planet.
PIA15964:
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Flying Over Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 4, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity rover.
PIA15968:
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 4, 2012
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface. The HiRISE camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from the rover.
PIA15978:
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). Curiosity and its parachute are in the center of the white box.
PIA15980:
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). Curiosity and its parachute are in the small white box at center.
PIA15983:
Curiosity Flying Over Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface. The HiRISE camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from the rover.
PIA15979:
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Late last night, in the morning hours of Aug. 6, as NASA's Curiosity rover fell to the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured an image of the rover gliding on its parachute.
PIA15993:
Curiosity Sails to Mars as Heat Shield Falls Away
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This close-up view shows Curiosity's heat shield, which helped the rover survive the harrowing journey through the Martian atmosphere, on the surface of Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter about 24 hours after landing.
PIA15997:
Final Resting Spot for Curiosity's Heat Shield
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This close-up view shows the rover Curiosity's parachute and back shell strewn across the surface of Mars. The image was captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter about 24 hours after the parachute helped guide the rover to the surface.
PIA15998:
Evidence of a Job Well Done
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This close-up view captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows darkened radial jets caused by the impact of Curiosity's sky crane, which helped deliver the rover to the surface of Mars.
PIA15999:
Signs of the Sky Crane's Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This close-up view shows NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. The image was captured by the NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter about 24 hours after the rover made its grand appearance on Mars.
PIA16000:
Curiosity Spotted!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-08-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The four main pieces of hardware that arrived on Mars with NASA's Curiosity rover were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) which captured this image about 24 hours after landing.
PIA16001:
Scene of a Martian Landing
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