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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on July 28, 2023 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a fan of sedimentary rock on the southeast area of Gale Crater's floor.
PIA25988:
A Sedimentary Fan in Southeast Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on August 23, 2023 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the northern lowlands of Mars stippled with mounds in this location.
PIA25987:
Muddy Mounds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small section of Shalbatana Vallis.
PIA26262:
Shalbatana Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-18 Psyche
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This image shows an annotated screenshot from the first ultra-HD video streamed from deep space via a laser. NASA's DSOC experiment aboard the Psyche spacecraft sent the 15-second video back to Earth on Dec. 11, 2023.
PIA26146:
Explaining the First Ultra-HD Video Sent From Deep Space via Laser
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-18 Psyche
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Members of the DSOC team react to the first high-definition streaming video to be sent via laser from deep space on Dec. 11, 2023, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA26145:
DSOC Team Members React to the First HD Streaming Video From Deep Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed crater in Utopia Planitia, with an indentation in the crater rim at the middle of the crater.
PIA26261:
Utopia Planitia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Bahram Vallis.
PIA26260:
Bahram Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-14 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California, after Hurricane Hilary (August, 2023) dropped a year's worth of rain in a single day.
PIA26197:
Badwater, Death Valley
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed crater in southern Acidalia Planitia.
PIA26259:
Acidalia Planitia Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-13 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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This artist's concept depicts a small rover – part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration headed for the Moon – on the lunar surface.
PIA26161:
CADRE Rover on the Moon (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Naktong Vallis.
PIA26258:
Naktong Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The path taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover during the first 1,000 sols of its mission at Jezero Crater is annotated on this overhead view taken by the HiRISE camera aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA26231:
1,000 Days of Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Shown here is an annotated representation of the 13 sample tubes containing rock-core samples that are being carried aboard NASA's Perseverance rover as of Dec. 12, 2023.
PIA26232:
Cored Samples Aboard Perseverance at Sol 1,000
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this mosaic of a location nicknamed Castell Henllys using its Mastcam-Z camera on April 13, 2023.
PIA26208:
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z Views Castell Henllys
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This time-lapse video uses an engineering model of one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover to show how the instrument evaluates safe placement against a rock.
PIA26204:
How Perseverance's PIXL Gets Close to a Rock Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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PIXL, one of the instruments aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, analyzed the chemical makeup of an area of abraded rock dubbed Ouzel Falls, finding it rich in minerals containing phosphate.
PIA26206:
PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Ouzel Falls'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Analyzing this abraded rock patch dubbed Bills Bay, the PIXL instrument on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover found it rich in carbonates (purple) and silica (green), both of which are good at preserving signs of ancient life.
PIA26205:
PIXL Instrument on NASA's Perseverance Studies 'Bills Bay'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This animated artist's concept depicts water breaking through the rim of Mars' Jezero Crater, which NASA's Perseverance rover is now exploring. Water entered the crater billions of years ago, forming a lake before the Red Planet dried up.
PIA26207:
Water Enters Jezero Crater Billions of Years Ago (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This 360-degree mosaic from the Airey Hill location inside Jezero Crater was generated using 993 individual images taken by the Perseverance Mars rover's Mastcam-Z from Nov. 3-6, 2023.
PIA26080:
Perseverance's 360-Degree View From 'Airey Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed crater in Tartarus Colles.
PIA26257:
Tartarus Colles Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-11 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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NASA's EMIT produced its first global maps of hematite, goethite, and kaolinite in Earth's dry regions using data from the year ending November 2023.
PIA26116:
NASA's EMIT Mission Produces Maps of Arid Region Surface Minerals
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Tantalus Fossae.
PIA26256:
Tantalus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the boundary between Elysium Planitia and Terra Cimmeria.
PIA26255:
Wind Etching
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Tempe Fossae.
PIA26254:
Tempe Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of the floor of an unnamed crater in Arabia Terra.
PIA26253:
Crater Floor Deposit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-05 Pan Psyche
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This mosaic was made from first light images acquired by both of the cameras on NASA's Psyche spacecraft on Dec. 4, 2023.
PIA25960:
First Images From NASA's Psyche
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the Jezero Crater delta deposit.
PIA26252:
Jezero Crater Delta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear features which are tectonic graben.
PIA26251:
Graben
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-12-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unusual channel feature, located south of Tooting Crater near Lycus Sulci.
PIA26230:
Odd Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-30 SunRISE
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The six satellites that make up NASA's SunRISE mission are each only about the size of a cereal box, flanked by small solar panels. SmallSats will work together to effectively create a much larger radio antenna in space.
PIA25789:
Completed SunRISE SmallSats Pictured Together
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a linear feature, part of Labeatis Fossae.
PIA26229:
Labeatis Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26228:
Nili Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This unusual view of the horizon of Mars was captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter using its THEMIS camera, in an operation that took engineers three months to plan.
PIA26203:
Odyssey's THEMIS Views the Horizon of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of the many channel forms found radial to the Elysium Mons volcanic complex.
PIA26227:
Elysium Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Idaeus Fossae.
PIA26226:
Idaeus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Hephaestus Fossae. Hephaestus Fossae is a complex channel system in Utopia Planitia near Elysium Mons.
PIA26225:
Hephaestus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear features called Oti Fossae. Oti Fossae is located on the eastern flank of Arsia Mons and aligns with the regional northeast/southwest trend of the major Tharsis volcanoes.
PIA26224:
Oti Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-22 Mars Helicopter
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A dual rotor system for the next generation of Mars helicopters is tested in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Sept.15, 2023.
PIA26079:
Testing Next-Generation Mars Helicopter Rotors
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-22 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
Mars Helicopter
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This image shows two perspectives of the 59th flight of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The image on the left was captured by the Mastcam-Z on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover; the black-and-white image on the right was taken by Ingenuity.
PIA26078:
Two Views of Ingenuity's 59th Flight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of one of the many channel forms found radial to the Elysium Mons volcanic complex.
PIA26223:
Elysium Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper flank of Olympus Mons.
PIA26222:
Olympus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Orson Welles Crater.
PIA26221:
Orson Welles Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-17 Earth Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)
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EMIT identified a cluster of 12 methane plumes within a 150-square-mile (400-square-kilometer) area of southern Uzbekistan on Sept. 1, 2022. The instrument captured the cluster within a single shot, called a scene by researchers.
PIA26113:
EMIT Identifying Methane Plumes Around the Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Indus Vallis, located in northern Terra Sabaea. The channel system is over 300 km (186 miles) long.
PIA26220:
Indus Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-16 Psyche
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DSOC ground laser transmitter operators pose for a photo at the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at JPL's Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California, shortly after the technology demonstration achieved first light on Nov. 14, 2023.
PIA26144:
The DSOC Ground Laser Transmitter Team After 'First Light'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-16 Psyche
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The flight laser transceiver operations team for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration works in the Psyche mission support area at JPL in the early hours of Nov. 14, 2023, when the project achieved first light.
PIA26143:
DSOC 'First Light' at JPL's Psyche Mission Support Area
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-16 Psyche
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The downlink laser signal for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration is detected at the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California,
PIA26142:
Confirmation of DSOC 'First Light' at JPL's Table Mountain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper flank of Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system.
PIA26219:
Olympus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-15 Europa Europa Lander
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On Aug. 17 and 18, 2023, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California tested the landing system for a proposed future mission that would touch down on Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
PIA26010:
Testing Hardware for Potential Future Landing on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross section of the eastern flank of Ascraeus Mons.
PIA26218:
Ascraeus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-14 NISAR
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The NISAR satellite stayed in this ISRO antenna testing facility for 20 days in September as engineers evaluated the performance of its L- and S-band radar antennas.
PIA26115:
NISAR Completes Trial in ISRO's Compact Antenna Test Facility
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-14 NISAR
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The NISAR satellite enters the thermal vacuum chamber at an ISRO facility in Bengaluru on Oct. 19, 2023.
PIA26114:
NISAR Passes Thermal Vacuum Test in Indian Spacecraft Facility
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Shalbatana Vallis.
PIA26217:
Shalbatana Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows dark streaks marking the inner rim of this unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea.
PIA26216:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-10 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover captured this view of the location where it will be parked for several weeks during Mars solar conjunction.
PIA26202:
Perseverance's Parking Spot During Conjunction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-10 Mars Mars Helicopter
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this view of Martian sand ripples on Oct. 27, 2023. The spot where the helicopter would later park and remain during Mars solar conjunction is visible in this image.
PIA26201:
Ingenuity's Landing Spot During Mars Solar Conjunction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-10 Mars Mars Helicopter
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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captured this view on Nov. 3, 2023, of its parking spot during Mars solar conjunction – a period when the Sun is between Earth and Mars, limiting communications.
PIA26050:
Ingenuity's View of Sand Going Into Conjunction
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-10 Mars Mars Helicopter
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter captured this view of its footprints during Flight 66 on Nov. 3, 2023. The helicopter was being repositioned to the spot where it will spend several weeks during Mars solar conjunction.
PIA26049:
Ingenuity Views Its Footprints on Flight 66
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the ridge forms that are typical of Lycus Sulci, a low lying area of ridges and valleys found to the northwest of Olympus Mons.
PIA26215:
Lycus Sulci
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 SPHEREx
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NASA's SPHEREx will use these filters to conduct spectroscopy, a technique that scientists can use to study the composition of an object. Each filter has multiple segments that block all but one specific wavelength of infrared light.
PIA25788:
SPHEREx Detector Filters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 SPHEREx
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The telescope for NASA's SPHEREx mission undergoes testing at JPL. It is tilted on its base so it can see as much of the sky as possible while remaining within the protection of three concentric cones that protect the telescope from light and heat.
PIA25787:
SPHEREx Telescope at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 SPHEREx
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Amelia Quan, mechanical integration lead for NASA's SPHEREx mission, is seen with a V-groove radiator, a piece of hardware that will help keep the space telescope cold.
PIA25786:
SPHEREx V-Groove Radiator
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 SPHEREx
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Part of one of the protective photon shields for NASA's SPHEREx telescope are shown here being assembled at Applied Aerospace Structures in Stockton, California.
PIA25785:
SPHEREx Photon Shields Assembled
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 SPHEREx
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Sara Susca, deputy payload manager and payload systems engineer for NASA's SPHEREx mission, looks up at one of the spacecraft's photon shields. These concentric cones protect the telescope from light and heat from the Sun and the Earth.
PIA25784:
SPHEREx Outer Photon Shield
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 Jupiter Juno
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NASA's Juno captured this view of Jupiter during the mission's 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7, 2023. The image was made with raw data from the JunoCam instrument that was processed to enhance details in cloud features and colors.
PIA26077:
NASA's Juno Mission Images Jupiter's Belts and Zones
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 Jupiter Juno
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This illustration depicts findings that Jupiter's atmospheric winds penetrate the planet in a cylindrical manner and parallel to its spin axis.
PIA26076:
Cylindrical Orientation of Jupiter's East-West Jet-Streams
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Tractus Catena, just one of many north/south trending tectonic graben located south and east of Alba Mons.
PIA26214:
Tractus Catena
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-08 Earth SWOT
 KaRIn
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Data from the SWOT satellite shows sea level anomalies off the coast of Ecuador and Peru on Aug. 12, 2023, and Oct. 3, 2023. The data indicates the development of an El Niño along the west coast of the Americas.
PIA26181:
SWOT Monitors El Niño off Peru
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross section of Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is the central volcano of the three large Tharsis volcanoes.
PIA26213:
Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear features called Mareotis Fossae. They are part of a huge region of graben that comprise Tempe Terra.
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Mareotis Fossae
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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 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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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 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Bahram Vallis. This channel is located in northern Lunae Planum, south of Kasei Valles.
PIA26211:
Bahram Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-03 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a severe drought in the Amazon is disrupting transportation, isolating communities and putting wildlife at risk.
PIA26196:
Amazon Drought
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Scamander Vallis. Scamander Vallis is located in northern Terra Sabaea. The channel is 269km (167 miles) long.
PIA26195:
Scamander Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Alba Fossae, a set of long valleys on the western side of Alba Mons.
PIA26194:
Alba Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-11-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Granicus Valles. Granicus Valles is a complex channel system located west of Elysium Mons.
PIA26193:
Granicus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the ridge forms that are typical of Lycus Sulci, a low lying area of ridges and valleys found to the northwest of Olympus Mons.
PIA26192:
Lycus Sulci
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-30 Ganymede Juno
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Processed data from the Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) spectrometer aboard NASA's Juno mission is superimposed on a mosaic of optical images from the agency's Galileo and Voyager spacecraft that show grooved terrain on Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
PIA26075:
Ganymede Grooved Terrain as Seen by Juno's JIRAM
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-30 Earth SWOT
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This animation shows global sea level data collected by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite from July 26 to Aug. 16, 2023.
PIA26100:
SWOT's Detailed View of Global Sea Level
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Olympica Fossae, a complex channel located on the volcanic plains between Alba Mons and Olympus Mons.
PIA26191:
Olympica Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-27 Earth NISAR
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This composite uses data from two Japanese L-band SAR missions to reveal land-cover change in Brazil's Xingu River basin between 1996 and 2007.
PIA26111:
Composite of Brazil's 'Arc of Deforestation' Shows Imagery NISAR Will Produce
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross section of Pavonis Mons. Pavonis Mons is the central volcano of the three large Tharsis volcanoes.
PIA26180:
Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-26 Mars 2852x1169x3
These Mars global maps show the likely distribution of water ice buried within the upper 3 feet (1 meter) of the planet's surface and represent the latest data from the SWIM project.
PIA26046:
Distribution of Buried Ice on Mars
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The blue areas on this map of Mars are regions where NASA missions have detected subsurface water ice. Scientists can use the map to decide where the first astronauts to set foot on the Red Planet should land.
PIA26045:
SWIM Map Shows Subsurface Water Ice on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The ice-exposing impact crater at the center of this image is an example of what scientists look for when mapping places where future astronauts should land on Mars.
PIA26044:
Ice-Exposing Impact Crater Surrounded by Polygon Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Bahram Vallis. This channel is located in northern Lunae Planum, south of Kasei Valles.
PIA26179:
Bahram Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-25 Jupiter Juno
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As often occurs in views from NASA's Juno mission, Jupiter's clouds in this picture lend themselves to pareidolia, the effect that causes observers to perceive faces or other patterns in largely random patterns.
PIA25727:
Just in Time for Halloween, NASA's Juno Mission Spots Eerie "Face" on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Aeolis Planum. The surface in this region has been heavily eroded by wind action.
PIA26178:
Aeolis Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-24 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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Engineers prepare a small rover – part of NASA's CADRE technology demonstration – for testing in the thermal vacuum chamber behind them at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in October 2023.
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CADRE Team Preps Flight Model for Thermal Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-24 Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE)
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An engineer prepares a small rover – part of NASA's CADRE technology demonstration – for testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in October 2023.
PIA25669:
CADRE Rover Getting Prepped for Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-24 Europa Europa Clipper
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Engineers and technicians are seen closing the vault of NASA's Europa Clipper in the main clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at JPL on Oct. 7, 2023. The vault will protect the electronics of the spacecraft as it orbits Jupiter.
PIA25959:
Closing of the Europa Clipper Vault
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region of wind etched materials. In regions of poorly cemented surface materials it is possible to create large features due to just the action of the wind.
PIA26177:
Wind Etching
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Chryse Chaos. Chaos forms from erosion of the surface into mesa features. With time the valleys expand creating the jumble of hills seen in the image.
PIA26176:
Chryse Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Firsoff Crater.
PIA26175:
Firsoff Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Granicus Valles. Granicus Valles is a complex channel system located west of Elysium Mons.
PIA26174:
Granicus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-18 Earth Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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The maps in the animation show sea levels in the Pacific Ocean during early October of 1997, 2015, and 2023, in the run up to El Niño events.
PIA26099:
Comparing Sea Level During El Niño Events
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-18 Earth Terra
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NASA's Terra spacecraft shows Mar Menor, in southeast Spain. It is Europe's largest coastal saltwater lagoon.
PIA26009:
Mar Menor, Spain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the ridge forms that are typical of Lycus Sulci, a low lying area of ridges and valleys found to the northwest of Olympus Mons.
PIA26173:
Lycus Sulci
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