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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
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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.
PIA26212:
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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NISAR will track wetland flooding to study how these carbon-rich ecosystems are reacting to climate change. It will generate images like this one from an airborne radar that flew over Peru in 2013.
PIA26112:
Radar Image of Amazonian Flooding Similar to Future NISAR Imagery
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-26 Mars 2221x1288x3
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.
PIA25670:
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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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows channels, part of Clanis Valles. Clanis Valles is located on the eastern margin of Terra Sabaea.
PIA26172:
Clanis Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross section of Elysium Mons, including part of the summit caldera.
PIA26171:
Elysium Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the southwestern margin of Orcus Patera.
PIA26160:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the western flank of Ceraunius Tholus.
PIA26159:
Ceraunius Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Candor Chasma, one of the largest canyons that make up Valles Marineris.
PIA26158:
Eastern Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26157:
Nili Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Cerberus Fossae. Cerberus Fossae are located in Elysium Planitia, southeast of the Elysium Mons volcanic complex.
PIA26156:
Cerberus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a single linear depression, most likely a graben.
PIA26155:
Elysium Planitia Fracture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Tempe Fossae. The linear features are tectonic graben.
PIA26154:
Tempe Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-04 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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Shown here is an identical copy of the DSOC, superconducting nanowire single-photon detector that is coupled to the 200-inch (5.1-meter) Hale Telescope located at Caltech's Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California.
PIA26141:
DSOC's Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-04 Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
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Shown here is a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the Microdevices Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25840:
DSOC's Downlink Detector Prototype
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Zephyria Planum. Zephyria Planum is located south of Elysium Planitia.
PIA26153:
Zephyria Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Cydonia Mensae.
PIA26152:
Cydonia Mensae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-10-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26151:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-29 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover captured this Martian dust devil moving east to west at a clip of about 12 mph (19 kph) along Thorofare Ridge on Aug. 30, 2023.
PIA26074:
Martian Whirlwind Takes the 'Thorofare'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the western half of Jezero Crater. The Perserverance Rover is located in this part of the crater.
PIA26140:
Jezero Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Gale Crater. Gale Crater is the home of the Curiosity Rover.
PIA26139:
Gale Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-27 Earth InSAR
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The team pinpointed hot spots: runway 13/31 at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, is subsiding at a rate of about 0.15 inches per year; part of Newtown Creek, a Superfund site in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is rising unevenly by about 0.06 inches per year.
PIA25528:
Hot Spots of Subsidence, Uplift in New York City
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-27 Earth InSAR
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Mapping vertical land motion across the New York City area, researchers found the land sinking by about 0.06 inches (1.6 millimeters) per year on average. They also detected modest uplift in Queens and Brooklyn.
PIA25527:
Map of New York City Subsidence and Uplift
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea, in the region between Nili Fossae and Isidis Planitia.
PIA26138:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Lunae Planum.
PIA26137:
Lunae Planum - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26136:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Bahram Vallis.
PIA26135:
Bahram Vallis - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-21 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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Made with data recorded by NASA's Perseverance during a July 15, 2023 autonomous drive, this animation shows how the rover used AutoNav to maneuver around the 14-inch (35-centimeter) rock at center-left.
PIA26073:
Perseverance AutoNav Avoids a Boulder
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-21 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This mosaic shows part of the path NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took through a portion of a boulder field dubbed Snowdrift Peak.
PIA26072:
Perseverance Makes Tracks in Boulder Field
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-21 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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This composite image, acquired June 29, 2023 and annotated at JPL using visualization software, shows Perseverance's path through a dense section of boulders.
PIA26071:
Perseverance's AutoNav Leads the Way
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Firsoff Crater.
PIA26134:
Firsoff Crater - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of northern Terra Sabaea.
PIA26133:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 VERITAS
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Members of the international VERITAS science team prepare for lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) imaging of rocks in Iceland. Lidar measurements of rocky terrain can provide information about the material, such as surface roughness.
PIA25839:
VERITAS Scientists Study Rocky Terrain in Iceland
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 VERITAS
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Members of the VERITAS science team descend a slope to new rock formed from a recent flow of lava during their Iceland field campaign in early August, 2023. The team used the volcanic landscape as a Venus analog to test radar technologies and techniques.
PIA25838:
VERITAS Mission Uses Iceland as Venus Stand-in
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 Earth SWOT
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This data visualization shows sea surface heights off the northern California coast in August, 2023, as measured by the SWOT satellite.
PIA26091:
SWOT Monitors Warming Waters Off California Coast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Nili Fossae.
PIA26132:
Nili Fossae - False Color
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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 2023-09-18 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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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 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea.
PIA26131:
Terra Sabaea - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross section of Pavonis Mons, including part of the summit caldera.
PIA26130:
Pavonis Mons Summit - False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-09-14 Carbon Mapper
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Methane is contained in a glowing cylinder during a September 2023 test conducted by engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California of a state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer.
PIA26097:
Imaging Spectrometer Methane Test Setup
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