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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-03-11 Europa Clipper
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Soon after NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft launched on Oct. 14, 2024, the mission team powered on each of the science instruments for a series of test or checkout activities.
PIA26564:
Europa Clipper Camera Passes First Test in Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-03-04 Star Psyche
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured multiple star and planet images in late January 2025 that include notable appearances by Mars, Jupiter, and the Jovian moons Io, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
PIA26563:
NASA's Psyche Images Stars, Jovian System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-13 Lunar Trailblazer
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer approaches the Moon as it enters its science orbit in this artist's concept.
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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer in Moon's Orbit (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2025-02-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Captured by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 4, 2021, this impact crater was found in Cerberus Fossae. Scientists matched its appearance on the surface with a quake detected by NASA's InSight lander.
PIA26518:
HiRISE Views Impact Crater Matching InSight's Seismic Data
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's InSight Mars lander acquires the same reddish-brown hue as the rest of the planet in a set of images from 2018 to 2024 that were captured by the agency's MRO HiRISE camera.
PIA26515:
HiRISE Studies the Dust on InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used its right-front navigation camera to capture this first view over the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2024.
PIA26511:
Perseverance's View From 'Lookout Hill'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-12-12 Io Juno
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The Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) on NASA's Juno spacecraft collected this visible wavelength image of Io's night side while the surface was illuminated by Jupiter-shine on April 4, 2024.
PIA26524:
NASA's Juno Sees Changes at Masubi
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-10-11 Europa Europa Clipper
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Scientists think six icy moons in our solar system may currently host oceans of liquid water beneath their outer surfaces.
PIA26103:
Icy Moons in Our Solar System That May Have Oceans Now
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-09-17 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This series of radar images obtained by the DSN's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024, shows the near-Earth asteroid 2024 ON a day before its close approach with our planet.
PIA26451:
NASA's Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-29 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This series of radar images obtained by the Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Aug. 18, 2024, shows the asteroid 2024 JV33 shortly before its close approach with Earth.
PIA26389:
Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-08-08 NEOWISE
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This final image captured by NASA's NEOWISE shows part of the Fornax constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. It was taken by the spacecraft just before midnight Pacific Time on July 31, 2024, when the mission's survey ended.
PIA26385:
NASA's NEOWISE Captures Final Image Moments Before End of Mission
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-03 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This sunset photo shows NASA's Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California.
PIA26150:
The Goldstone Solar System Radar at Sunset
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-03 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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These seven radar observations by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar shows the mile-wide asteroid 2011 UL21 during its June 27 close approach with Earth from about 4 million miles away.
PIA26384:
Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Binary Asteroid 2011 UL21
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-07-03 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Because close approaches by asteroids the size of 2024 MK are relatively rare, JPL's planetary radar team gathered as much information about the near-Earth object as possible.
PIA26383:
Detailed Planetary Radar Observations of Asteroid 2024 MK
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-06-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captured this single image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, on March 11, 2024.
PIA26305:
Odyssey's THEMIS Views Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-05-13 Amalthea Juno
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The JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured these views of Jupiter during its 59th close flyby of the giant planet on March 7, 2024.
PIA25728:
NASA's Juno Mission Spots Jupiter's Tiny Moon Amalthea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-26 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, 2024, this series of images was captured by the powerful 230-foot (70-meter) Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna near Barstow, California.
PIA26149:
NASA's Planetary Radar Images Slow-Spinning Asteroid 2008 OS7
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-02-08 Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Deep Space Station 13 at NASA's Goldstone complex is an experimental antenna that has been retrofitted with an optical terminal. This proof of concept received both radio frequency and laser signals from deep space at the same time.
PIA26148:
DSN's Experimental Hybrid Antenna Tracks DSOC's Laser Downlink
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Add Image to Favorite List 2024-01-31 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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JPL scientist Vanessa Bailey stands behind the Nancy Grace Roman Coronagraph, which has been undergoing testing at JPL. The Coronagraph is designed to block starlight and allow scientists to see the faint light from planets outside our solar system.
PIA26272:
Roman Coronagraph on View in a JPL Clean Room
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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 2023-11-16 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 2023-10-24 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 2023-09-12 Jupiter Juno
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Just hours before NASA's Juno mission completed its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 31, 2023, the spacecraft sped past the planet's volcanic moon Io and captured this dramatic view of both bodies in the same frame.
PIA25726:
A Portrait of Planet and Moon: NASA's Juno Mission Captures Jupiter and Io Together
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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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 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-08-10 Mars Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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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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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.
PIA25822:
Testing a Prototype Mars Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-26 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This collage represents a selection of NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2006 HV5 on April 25, 2023, less than one day before its close approach with our planet at a distance of about 1.5 million miles (2.4 million kilometers).
PIA25834:
NASA's Planetary Radar Images Asteroid 2006 HV5
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-24 Mars InSight
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This artist's concept shows a cutaway of Mars, along with the paths of seismic waves from two separate quakes in 2021. Detected by NASA's InSight mission, these seismic waves were the first ever identified to enter another planet's core.
PIA25827:
InSight Detects Quakes That Entered Martian Core (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 29, 2022 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Hellespontus Montes, a rugged mountain range located on the western rim of one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System: Hellas Basin.
PIA25899:
Waxing and Waning Winds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-04-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 31, 2022 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars.
PIA25898:
Candidate Mud Volcanoes in Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-02-17 Asteroid Deep Space Network (DSN)
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This collage represents NASA radar observations of near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5 on Feb. 4, 2023, one day after its close approach to Earth brought it about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers) from our planet.
PIA25259:
Radar Observations of Elongated Near-Earth Asteroid 2011 AG5
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Add Image to Favorite List 2023-01-24 Asteroid Psyche
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft is shown in a clean room on Dec. 8, 2022, at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
PIA25664:
NASA's Psyche: Picking up Launch Prep for 2023
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-22 Asteroid NEO Surveyor
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NASA's NEO Surveyor is seen in this illustration against an infrared observation of a starfield made by the agency's WISE mission.
PIA25253:
NEO Surveyor in an Infrared Starfield Filled With Asteroids (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-12-21 Mars InSight
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This is one of the last images ever taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander. Captured on Dec. 11, 2022, the 1,436th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, it shows InSight's seismometer on the Red Planet's surface.
PIA25680:
One of InSight's Last Images
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-17 Jupiter Juno
 JunoCam
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As NASA's Juno spacecraft sped low over the giant planet's cloud tops, on Nov. 29, 2021, its JunoCam instrument captured this look at two of Jupiter's largest moons.
PIA25019:
NASA's Juno Mission Spots Two Jovian Moons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-11-11 Eagle Nebula Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
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The dusty face of the Eagle Nebula and its surroundings are revealed in this image based on data from NASA's Wide Field Survey Explorer (WISE).
PIA25433:
The Eagle Nebula Observed by WISE
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-10-27 Mars InSight
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This video includes a seismogram and sonification of the signals recorded by NASA's InSight Mars lander, which detected a giant meteoroid strike on Dec. 24, 2021, the 1,094th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25582:
NASA's InSight Records the Sound of a Martian Impact
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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 2022-10-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The beige clouds seen in this global map of Mars are a continent-size dust storm captured on Sept. 29, 2022, by the Mars Color Imager camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA25412:
Mars Dust Storm in Relation to InSight, Curiosity and Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-29 Europa Juno
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The complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).
PIA25330:
First Image of Europa From Juno's Close Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was first detected by the agency's InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on Aug. 30, 2021.
PIA25411:
InSight-Detected Impact in August 2021
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was later associated with a seismic event detected by the agency's InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on May 27, 2020.
PIA25410:
InSight-Detected Impact in May 2020
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of a meteoroid impact that was first detected by the agency's InSight lander using its seismometer. This crater was formed on Feb. 18, 2021.
PIA25409:
InSight-Detected Impact in February 2021
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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These craters were formed by a September 5, 2021, meteoroid impact on Mars, the first to be detected by NASA's InSight.
PIA25408:
InSight Detects an Impact for the First Time
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-08-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper elevations of Olympus Mons, including part of the summit caldera.
PIA25476:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-27 Jupiter Juno
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Citizen scientist Andrea Luck created this animated sequence using raw JunoCam image data from NASA's Juno mission as it completed its 41st close flyby of Jupiter.
PIA25016:
Juno Skims the Cloud Tops of Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-23 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, or in its second selfie, taken in March and April of 2019.
PIA25287:
InSight's Final Selfie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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InSight captured this image of one of its dust-covered solar panels on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25286:
InSight's Dusty Solar Panel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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InSight's solar panels produced roughly 5,000 watt-hours each Martian day, or sol, after the spacecraft touched down in November 2018. But by spring 2022, they were only producing about 500 watt-hours each sol.
PIA25284:
InSight's Power Generation: After Landing and Spring 2022
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 InSight
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NASA's InSight lander team enjoyed this Mars-shaped cake on the first anniversary of the spacecraft's Nov. 26, 2018, landing.
PIA25283:
InSight's Mars Birthday Cake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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This infographic shows how InSight uses a seismometer and quakes to study the inner layers of Mars.
PIA25282:
How InSight Studies Mars' Inner Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-17 Mars InSight
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This video includes a seismogram and sonification of the signals recorded by NASA's InSight Mars lander, which detected an estimated magnitude 5 quake on May 4, 2022.
PIA25281:
Seismogram and Sonification of InSight's Big Martian Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-09 Mars InSight
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This seismogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. Estimated at magnitude 5, this quake was discovered by NASA's InSight lander on May 4, 2022.
PIA25180:
InSight's Seismogram of Big Martian Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-05-09 Mars InSight
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This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. Estimated at magnitude 5, this quake was discovered by NASA's InSight lander on May 4, 2022.
PIA25044:
InSight's Spectrogram of Big Martian Quake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-15 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander snapped a series of images of the Sun rising and setting on Mars using the camera on its robotic arm on April 10, 2022, the 1,198th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA25178:
InSight Captures a Martian Sunrise and Sunset
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA25230:
Olympus Mons Caldera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-04 Asteroid Psyche
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This illustration, updated in April 2022, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft. Set to launch in August 2022, the Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name.
PIA24834:
Psyche Spacecraft at the Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-04 Asteroid Psyche
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft is placed into the ultra-sturdy vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25232:
Tall Order: NASA's Psyche in TVAC Testing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-04-04 Asteroid Psyche
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft is seen on its way to the vacuum chamber at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA25231:
NASA's Psyche en Route to TVAC
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the upper slopes of Olympus Mons. Numerous thin lava flows are visible.
PIA25223:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-18 Spitzer Space Telescope
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This illustration depicts the result of a collision between two large asteroid-sized bodies. NASA's Spitzer saw a debris cloud block the star HD 166191, giving scientists details about the smashup that occurred.
PIA25161:
Planetesimal Collison Around Star HD 166191 (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-03-16 Jupiter Juno
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This image, taken by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, shows Jupiter's southern hemisphere during the spacecraft's 39th close flyby of the planet on January 12, 2022.
PIA25014:
NASA's Juno Spacecraft Glimpses Jupiter's Moons Io and Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-22 Jupiter Juno
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This look at the complex surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede came from NASA's Juno mission during a close pass by the giant moon in June 2021.
PIA25012:
A Striking Crater on Jupiter's Moon Ganymede
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Add Image to Favorite List 2022-02-10 Jupiter NuSTAR
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NuSTAR detected high-energy X-rays from the auroras near Jupiter's north and south poles.
PIA25131:
High-Energy X-rays Detected From Jupiter's Auroras
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-20 Asteroid Psyche
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This illustration shows how NASA's Psyche spacecraft will explore asteroid Psyche, starting with a high-altitude Orbit A and gradually lowering into Orbit D as it conducts its science investigation.
PIA24896:
Orbiting Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-17 Jupiter Juno
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This enhanced image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during the mission's June 7, 2021, flyby of the icy moon on Juno's 34th pass close to Jupiter.
PIA25028:
Enhanced Ganymede (Enhanced Image)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-17 Jupiter Juno
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The left image shows a close-up of a phytoplankton blooming in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, in the Baltic Sea. The right image shows turbulent clouds in Jupiter's atmosphere.
PIA25034:
Jovian Turbulence and Phytoplankton Bloom on Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-17 Earth Landsat
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NASA's Landsat 8 satellite collected this view of phytoplankton blooming in the southern Gulf of Bothnia, in the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland on April 14, 2019.
PIA25033:
Phytoplankton Bloom in the South of Bothnia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-17 Jupiter Juno
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Left to right: A phytoplankton bloom in the Norwegian Sea, and turbulent clouds in Jupiter's atmosphere.
PIA25037:
Vortices on Jupiter and Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-12-13 Mars Sample Return (MSR)
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dropped this prototype to learn how a future Sample Return Lander could safely touch down on Mars.
PIA24766:
Testing a Lander Touchdown
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-11-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Karzok Crater. This crater is one of two located on the flanks of Olympus Mons.
PIA24993:
Karzok Crater - Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on June 24, 2021 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an impact crater on the southeastern flank of Ascraeus Mons, a notable volcano in the Tharsis Plateau.
PIA24919:
Impact Craters as Windows to What Lies Beneath
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-04 Asteroid Psyche
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This photo shows Psyche's multispectral imager, in the process of assembly and testing on September 13, 2021, at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, California.
PIA24894:
Psyche's Imager in Progress
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-04 Asteroid Psyche
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California integrate the magnetometer instrument into the agency's Psyche spacecraft on June 28, 2021. The instrument will help determine if the Psyche asteroid is part of a planetesimal.
PIA24893:
Psyche's Magnetometer Integration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-04 Asteroid Psyche
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At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, an engineer inspects the gamma ray and neutron spectrometer as it is integrated into the agency's Psyche spacecraft. The instrument will help determine the elements that make up its target.
PIA24892:
Psyche's Gamma Ray and Neutron Spectrometer Up Close
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-04 Asteroid Psyche
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At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers integrate a gamma ray and neutron spectrometer into the agency's Psyche spacecraft. The instrument will help determine the elements that make up its target, an asteroid also named Psyche.
PIA24891:
Psyche's Gamma Ray and Neutron Spectrometer in the Works
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on July 11, 2021 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows light-toned layered deposits adjacent to the walls of northwestern Candor Chasma.
PIA24911:
When Did the Light-Toned Layers Form?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-09-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA24885:
Olympus Mons Summit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the lower flank of Olympus Mons.
PIA24852:
Olympus Mons Flank
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-08-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a circular feature, part of the summit caldera of Olympus Mons.
PIA24826:
Olympus Mons Summit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-22 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander detected a marsquake, represented here as a seismogram, on July 25, 2019, the 235th Martian day, or sol, of its mission.
PIA24761:
Seismogram From Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-03 Mars InSight
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To clean a bit of dust from one of its solar panels, NASA's InSight lander trickled sand above the panel. The wind-borne sand grains then picked up some dust on the panel, enabling the lander to gain about 30 watt-hours of energy per sol on May 22, 2021.
PIA24664:
InSight's Robotic Arm Helps Remove Solar Panel Dust Trickles Sand in the Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-04-01 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight lander used a scoop on its robotic arm to begin trickling soil over the cable connecting its seismometer to the spacecraft on March 14, 2021. Scientists hope insulating it from the wind will make it easier to detect marsquakes.
PIA24450:
InSight Starts Burying Seismometer's Cable
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-23 Mars Mars 2020 Rover
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The location where NASA's Perseverance rover will observe Ingenuity's attempt at powered controlled flight at Mars is called Van Zyl Overlook.
PIA24435:
Van Zyl Overlook
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-22 Deep Space Network (DSN)
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Deep Space Station 56, or DSS-56, is a powerful 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) antenna that was added to the Deep Space Network's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain in early 2021.
PIA24163:
New All-in-One Antenna for the Deep Space Network
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-22 6000x3500x3
Detailed measurements of the physical properties of the seven rocky TRAPPIST-1 planets and the four terrestrial planets in our solar system help scientists find similarities and differences between the two planet families.
PIA24373:
TRAPPIST-1 and Solar System Planet Stats
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Three possible interiors of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets. All seven planets have very similar densities, so they likely have a similar compositions.
PIA24372:
Possible Interiors of the TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets
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This graph presents measured properties of the seven TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets.
PIA24371:
Comparison of TRAPPIST-1 to the Solar System
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Scientists now know the density of the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets with a higher precision than any other planets in the universe, other than those in our own solar system.
PIA23870:
Measuring the Masses and Diameters of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-14 Mars InSight
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The mole, a heat probe that traveled to Mars aboard NASA's InSight lander, as it looked after hammering on Jan. 9, 2021. After trying since Feb. 28, 2019, to bury the probe, the mission team called an end to their efforts.
PIA24263:
InSight's Mole Comes to Rest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-13 Jupiter Juno
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NASA has extended the mission of its Juno spacecraft exploring Jupiter. The extended mission involves 42 additional orbits.
PIA24308:
Juno's Mission Goes On
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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Scientists use the color swatches on the primary calibration target for Mastcam-Z aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Symbols and mottos relevant to the mission are included around the target's perimeter.
PIA24178:
Mastcam-Z's Calibration Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-12-02 Lunar Trailblazer
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Peering into the Moon's permanently shadowed regions, Lunar Trailblazer will detect signatures of water ice in reflected light, and it will pinpoint the locations of micro-cold traps less than a football field in size.
PIA24161:
Lunar Trailblazer to Support NASA's Artemis Program
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-13 Europa 3840x2160x3
This illustration of Jupiter's icy moon Europa depicts a cryovolcanic eruption in which brine from within the icy shell could blast into space. A new model proposing this process may also shed light on plumes on other icy bodies.
PIA24029:
Briny Plumes on Europa (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-27 Mars 2020 Project
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This illustration of the Mars 2020 spacecraft in interplanetary space was generated using imagery from NASA's Eyes on the Solar System. The image is from the mission's midway point between Earth and Mars.
PIA24231:
Mars 2020 Spacecraft Mid-Cruise (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Mars InSight
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This footage from Aug. 19, 2019, shows a replica of InSight scraping soil with a scoop on the end of its robotic arm in a test lab at JPL. On Mars, InSight will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
PIA24099:
Replica of InSight's Arm Practices Scraping
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Mars InSight
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NASA's InSight retracted its robotic arm on Oct. 3, 2020, revealing where the spike-like mole is trying to burrow into Mars. In the coming months, the arm will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
PIA24098:
InSight's Arm Pulls Back, Revealing the Mole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-10 Ceres Dawn
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This view across the southeastern floor of the large Occator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres is based on images obtained during NASA's Dawn spacecraft second extended mission in 2018.
PIA24022:
Close-up of Occator Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-10 Ceres Dawn
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NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured pictures, which were combined to create this false-color view of a region in Occator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres.
PIA24021:
Highlighting Bright Areas of Ceres' Occator Crater
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