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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-10 Mars 2020 Project
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An electrical cable can be seen snaking its way along insulation material in this in-flight image of the interior of the Mars 2020 spacecraft on its way to the Red Planet.
PIA24233:
Mars 2020 Showing Some Inflight Heat
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-05 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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Technicians and engineers working on the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite pose in front of the spacecraft in its protective nosecone, or payload fairing, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
PIA24134:
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Spacecraft Team and Fairing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-11-05 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is encapsulated in a protective nosecone, or payload fairing, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The fairing will sit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will launch the satellite into Earth orbit.
PIA24133:
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Encapsulated
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-27 Mars 2020 Project
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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover reached its halfway point — 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) — on its journey to Jezero Crater on Oct. 27, 2020, at 1:40 p.m. PDT (4:40 EDT).
PIA24232:
Perseverance Rover at Halfway Point
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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 2020-10-22 Mars 2020 Project
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MEDLI2 sensors are installed on the Mars 2020 heat shield and back shell prior that will protect NASA's Perseverance rover on its journey to the surface of Mars.
PIA23989:
MEDLI2 Onboard Mars 2020 Spacecraft
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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This nickel-alloy heat exchanger is among several that were 3D printed for MOXIE, an instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
PIA24171:
Close-up of 3D printed MOXIE Heat Exchanger
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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This video clip shows a 3D printing technique where a printer head scans over each layer of a part, blowing metal powder which is melted by a laser.
PIA23972:
Video of 3D printing at JPL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-19 Mars 2020 Rover
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This X-ray image shows the interior of a 3D-printed heat exchanger in Perseverance's MOXIE instrument. X-ray images like these are used to check for defects within parts.
PIA24100:
X-ray Image of 3D-Printed MOXIE Part
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-16 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite undergoes final preparations in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for an early November launch.
PIA24131:
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich processing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-15 Mars 2020 Rover
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This illustration depicts five major components of the Mars 2020 spacecraft.
PIA24128:
Mars 2020 Expanded Spacecraft Illustration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-13 DuAxel Project
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The two-wheeled Axel descends the slope while tethered to its counterpart anchored above the slope. The tether serves as a climbing rope of sorts while also providing power and a means of communication.
PIA24110:
The Tethered Axel Autonomously Descends a Rocky Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-13 DuAxel Project
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During the same field test, the DuAxel rover separates into two single-axled robots so that one can rappel down a slope too steep for conventional rovers.
PIA24109:
DuAxel Undocks a Tethered Axel to Explore a Steep Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-13 DuAxel Project
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The DuAxel rover is seen here participating in field tests in the Mojave Desert. The four-wheeled rover is composed of two Axel robots. One part anchors itself in place while the other uses a tether to explore otherwise inaccessible terrain.
PIA24108:
The DuAxel Rover During a Field Test in California's Mojave Desert
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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Highlighted in blue in this visualization, the RIMFAX instrument's antenna is externally mounted underneath the MMRTG (the rover's nuclear battery) on the back of Perseverance.
PIA24049:
RIMFAX Location on NASA's Perseverance Rover (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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A test model of the RIMFAX instrument, aboard the trailer behind the snow mobile, undergoes field testing in Svalbard, Norway.
PIA24048:
Testing RIMFAX for NASA's Perseverance Rover
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-08 Mars 2020 Rover
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Perseverance's Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) uses radar waves to probe the ground, revealing the unexplored world that lies beneath the Martian surface.
PIA24047:
RIMFAX at Work on NASA's Perseverance (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-02 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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This illustration shows the rear of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
PIA24107:
The Rear of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-02 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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This illustration shows the front of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
PIA24106:
The Front of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-02 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft, the world's latest sea-level satellite, orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
PIA24105:
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Orbits Earth (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-01 Mars Helicopter
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This illustration depicts Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during a test flight on Mars.
PIA24127:
Helicopter Above Perseverance on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-28 Mars 2020 Rover
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Visible both in the inset photograph on the upper left and near the center of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover in this illustration is the palm-size dome called the Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA).
PIA24097:
Perseverance's Laser Retroreflector (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-25 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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A shipping container containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is transported on a truck to the SpaceX payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base after landing in California on Sept. 24, 2020.
PIA24104:
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Transported for Payload Processing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-25 Sentinel-6/Jason-CS
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A shipping container containing the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is removed from an aircraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sept. 24, 2020, after its two-day journey from an IABG engineering facility near Munich, Germany.
PIA24103:
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-23 Earth 8000x5955x3
The OASIS project seeks to study fresh water aquifers in the desert as well as ice sheets in places like Greenland. This illustration shows what a satellite with a proposed radar instrument for the mission could look like.
PIA23790:
OASIS Study Project (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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PIXL requires pictures of its rock targets to autonomously position itself. Using artificial intelligence, PIXL relies on the images to determine how far away it is from a target to be scanned.
PIA24095:
PIXL's Nightlight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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A device with six mechanical legs, the hexapod is a critical part of the PIXL instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The hexapod allows PIXL to make slow, precise movements to get closer to and point at specific parts of a rock's surface.
PIA24094:
PIXL's Hexapod Has Moves
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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PIXL opens its dust cover during testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. One of seven instruments on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover, PIXL is located on the end of the rover's robotic arm.
PIA24093:
Perseverance's PIXL Opens its Dust Cover
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-22 Mars 2020 Rover
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In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL), which will help search for signs of ancient microbial life in rocks.
PIA24092:
Perseverance's PIXL at Work on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-21 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)
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JPL engineers and technicians follow COVID-19 Safe-at-Work guidelines as they transport the RIME transmitter and electronics on Aug. 19, 2020, for shipping to the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
PIA24026:
RIME Instrument en Route to JUICE
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-21 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory built and shipped the receiver, transmitter, and electronics necessary to complete the radar instrument for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, set to launch in 2022.
PIA24025:
JUICE Mission's RIME Transmitter Exits Thermal Chamber
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-21 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory built and shipped the receiver, transmitter, and electronics necessary to complete the radar instrument for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
PIA24024:
Vibration Testing of JUICE Mission's RIME Radar Transmitter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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The full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover raises its head, or remote sensing mast, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23967:
Perseverance Twin Raises Its Mast
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-14 Mars 2020 Rover
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The full-scale engineering model of NASA's Perseverance rover has put some dirt on its wheels at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23966:
Perseverance Twin Drives Into the Mars Yard
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-04 Mars 2020 Rover
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Technicians move an engineering version of the Perseverance Mars rover into to its new home in the Mars Yard, part of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23965:
Test Rover Moves to Mars Yard
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-04 Mars 2020 Rover
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Engineers test drive the Earth-bound twin of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover for the first time in a warehouselike assembly room at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23964:
Perseverance Test Rover's First Drive
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-03 Mars 2020 Rover
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The Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) microphone can be seen mounted to the top of a black-painted cable bracket in this image taken of the port-side of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Image taken on Nov. 16, 2019.
PIA24046:
A Microphone for Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-03 Mars 2020 Rover
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This image taken on Nov. 16, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, captures the port side of NASA's Perseverance rover.
PIA24045:
Port Side of Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-03 Mars 2020 Rover
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NASA's Perseverance rover undergoes a 10-day test in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 at JPL. The image was taken on Nov. 16, 2019.
PIA24044:
10 Days of Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-13 Mars Helicopter
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The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter can be seen between the left and center wheels of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The image was taken in the vacuum chamber at JPL on Oct. 1, 2019.
PIA24043:
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Deployment Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-04 1600x900x3
Prototypes of the VITAL ventilator, designed and tested NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in just 37 days to address the needs of COVID-19 patients.
PIA24034:
Stacks of VITAL Ventilators
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 1920x1080x3
This illustration shows NASA astronauts working on the surface of Mars. A helicopter similar to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is airborne at left.
PIA24032:
NASA Astronauts on Mars With Helicopter (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 2020 Project
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This calibration target will help fine-tune settings for SHERLOC, one of the instruments carried aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The target carries the first spacesuit materials sent to Mars as well as a fragment of a Martian meteorite.
PIA23980:
SHERLOC Cal Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 2020 Project
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NASA scientist Trevor Graff peers at a calibration target, which will help fine-tune settings on the SHERLOC instrument carried aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. The target carries the first spacesuit materials sent to Mars.
PIA23979:
SHERLOC Cal Target With Scientist Trevor Graff
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 2020 Project
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This graphic shows an illustration of a prototype astronaut suit along with suit samples included in the calibration target belonging to the SHERLOC instrument aboard the Perseverance rover.
PIA24033:
Spacesuit Materials on Perseverance's SHERLOC Calibration Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 Mars 1600x900x3
This illustration shows NASA astronauts on Mars.
PIA24031:
NASA Astronauts on Mars (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-28 1101x736x3
Advanced spacesuit designer Amy Ross of NASA's Johnson Space Center stands with the Z-2, a prototype spacesuit.
PIA23978:
Spacesuit Designer Amy Ross
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-27 Mars Helicopter
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Morale was high as the Mars Helicopter team gathered for a group photo on Dec. 3, 2018, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA22650:
Mars Helicopter Team Is Ready to Fly
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-27 Mars Helicopter
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The Mars Helicopter team gathers for a group photo at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Dec. 3, 2018.
PIA22649:
Mars Helicopter Team
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-14 Mars Helicopter
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When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts its first test flight on the Red Planet, the agency's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will be close by, as seen in this artist's concept.
PIA23963:
A Mars Rover and a Mars Flyer (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-14 Mars Helicopter
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In February 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (shown in an artist's concept) will be the agency's two newest explorers on Mars. Both were named by students as part of an essay contest.
PIA23962:
Portrait of Perseverance and Ingenuity (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-14 Mars Helicopter
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An artist's concept of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flying through the Red Planet's skies.
PIA23961:
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-14 Mars Helicopter
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In this illustration, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter stands on the Red Planet's surface as NASA's Perseverance rover (partially visible on the left) rolls away.
PIA23720:
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on the Martian Surface (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-09 Mars 2020 Project
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The nose cone containing NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is maneuvered into place atop its Atlas V rocket. The image was taken at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
PIA23986:
Maneuvering Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-09 Mars 2020 Project
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The nose cone containing the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover sits atop a motorized payload transporter at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
PIA23985:
Perseverance on the Move
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-09 Mars 2020 Project
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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover waits to be lifted onto its Atlas V launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on July 7, 2020.
PIA23984:
Lifting Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-08 Mars 2020 Project
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Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida perform a fit check between the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator on April 16-17, 2020.
PIA23827:
Fitting the Rover's Power Supply
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-08 Mars 2020 Project
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This image shows the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for NASA'S Mars 2020 Perseverance rover during a fit check at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16-17, 2020.
PIA23982:
Testing Rover Power Source
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-08 Mars 2020 Project
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The Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for NASA'S Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is shown during a fit check with the rover at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16-17, 2020.
PIA23981:
Rover Power Source
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Asteroid Psyche
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Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, make progress on the spectrometer for NASA's Psyche spacecraft, while observing COVID-19 safety procedures.
PIA23880:
Psyche's Spectrometer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Asteroid Psyche
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An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel NASA's Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA23879:
Ring of Firepower
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Asteroid Psyche
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Thumbs-up for a successful test. Psyche engineers test an electric Hall thruster identical to those that will propel NASA's Psyche spacecraft on its journey to the asteroid Psyche.
PIA23878:
Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Asteroid Psyche
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A technician prepares to integrate part of the electric propulsion system onto the main body of NASA's Psyche spacecraft at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California.
PIA23877:
Psyche in Progress
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-07 Asteroid Psyche
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This artist's concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASA's Psyche spacecraft.
PIA23875:
Psyche Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-17 Mars 2020 Project
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The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission's disk-shaped cruise stage sits atop the back shell, which contains the powered descent stage and Perseverance rover, in this image taken on May 28, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
PIA23925:
One Last Earthly Look
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-17 Mars 2020 Project
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Seen from below, NASA's the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover bears a plaque to the right of its middle wheel commemorating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and honoring the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world.
PIA23924:
Perseverance Rover with Commemorative Plate
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-17 Mars 2020 Project
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In this artist's concept, a two-stage United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle speeds the Mars 2020 spacecraft toward the Red Planet. This will be NASA's fifth Mars launch on an Atlas V.
PIA23922:
Rocket to Mars (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-17 Mars 2020 Project
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Attached to the Perseverance Mars rover, this aluminum plate commemorates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and pays tribute to the perseverance of healthcare workers around the world.
PIA23921:
Healthcare Workers to Be Honored on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-16 Mars 2020 Project
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In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance rover uses its Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) instrument to analyze a rock on the surface of Mars.
PIA23719:
PIXL Takes Aim at Rocks (Illustration)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-03 Mars 2020 Project
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Planetary protection engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory clean the tubes that will store Martian rock and sediment samples as part of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission.
PIA23718:
Swabbing Perseverance Sample Tubes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-03 Mars 2020 Project
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This image shows the wiping down of hardware to limit the number of Earth microbes going to the Red Planet for NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission.
PIA23717:
Cleaning Mars 2020
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-26 Mars 2020 Project
 Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC)
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In this test image by SHERLOC, an instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, each color represents a different mineral detected on a rock's surface.
PIA23895:
Mineral Map Created During a Test of SHERLOC
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-26 Mars 2020 Project
 Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC)
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This image shows an engineering model of SHERLOC, one of the instruments onboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
PIA23894:
Mars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-21 Mars 2020 Project
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Some of the nearly 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of Perseverance mission flight hardware, test gear and equipment delivered to Kennedy Space Center on May 11, 2020, is unloaded from a NASA Wallops C-130.
PIA23918:
Unloading Mars Gear
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-21 Mars 2020 Project
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The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover into space is offloaded from an Antonov cargo plane at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 11, 2020.
PIA23917:
Mars Rocket Arrives by Air
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-18 Mars 2020 Project
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In this June 2017 photo, the supersonic parachute design that will land NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, undergoes testing in a wind tunnel at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley.
PIA23916:
Wind Tunnel Testing Perseverance's Parachute
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-18 Mars 2020 Project
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This animated GIF shows a successful test of the parachute that will be used to land NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.
PIA23890:
Parachute for Perseverance
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-18 Mars 2020 Project
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This animated GIF shows the deployment of the Perseverance rover's remote sensing mast during a cold test in a space simulation chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA23889:
Perseverance Gets Chilled
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-18 Mars 2020 Project
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This animated GIF shows a test of the mortar system that will be used on Feb. 18, 2021, to deploy the parachute for NASA's Perseverance rover.
PIA23888:
Launching a Mars Parachute
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-18 Mars 2020 Project
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The spacecraft that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover to Mars is examined prior to an acoustic test in the Environmental Test Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23887:
Mars Mission Sound Check
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-12 CAL
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Astronaut Christina Koch assists with a hardware upgrade for NASA's Cold Atom Lab aboard the International Space Station in January 2020.
PIA23862:
Christina Koch Assists Upgrade for Cold Atom Lab
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In January 2020, members of the Cold Atom Lab operations team assisted remotely in a hardware upgrade to Cold Atom Lab while the facility was still aboard the International Space Station.
PIA23861:
Cold Atom Lab Operations Team
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-07 Mars 2020 Project
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This image of the rocket-powered descent stage sitting on to of NASA's Perseverance rover was taken in a clean room at Kennedy Space Center on April 29, 2020.
PIA23886:
Perseverance Rover Gets in Launch Shape
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-07 Mars 2020 Project
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The cone-shaped back shell for NASA's Perseverance rover mission is shown in this April 29, 2020, image from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
PIA23885:
Protecting NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-07 Mars 2020 Project
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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover's descent stage was recently stacked atop the rover at Kennedy Space Center, and the two were placed in their back shell.
PIA23884:
Perseverance from Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-06 Mars 2020 Project
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Michael Tuite and Rachel Kronyak of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory served as part of the desert field team, sending images and data for review by scientists who will work with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
PIA23892:
Science on the Horizon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-06 Mars 2020 Project
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As part of the February 2020 training exercise, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reviewed images and data sent by the Mars 2020 field team in the Nevada desert.
PIA23780:
Scientists Training for Mars Rover Operations
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Made from fossilized microbes and sediment, these rounded rocks are stromatolites that were found in a dry lakebed during the Mars 2020 field exercise.
PIA23779:
Stromatolites in the Nevada Desert
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A member of a Mars 2020 science field team operates a subsurface radar in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a practice exercise.
PIA23778:
Subsurface Radar That Looks Like a Jogging Stroller
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-05-06 Mars 2020 Project
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Two members of a field team set up cameras in the Nevada desert in February 2020, as part of a simulated rover operation designed to train scientists who will work with NASA's Perseverance rover.
PIA23777:
Cameras in the Nevada Desert
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A field team sets up equipment in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a training session for scientists who will work with NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after it lands.
PIA23776:
Perseverance Field Team Sets up in Nevada Desert
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-30 2640x2000x3
Some of the dozens of engineers involved in creating a ventilator prototype specially targeted to coronavirus disease patients at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23891:
VITAL Team Gives a Thumbs Up
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A front-facing portrait of VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), a ventilator designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23775:
Front-Facing View of VITAL
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-29 Mars Helicopter
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Vaneeza Rupani (inset), a junior at Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Alabama, came up with the name Ingenuity for NASA's Mars Helicopter.
PIA23883:
High School Junior Names NASA's Mars Helicopter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-29 Mars Helicopter
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This image shows the flight model of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
PIA23882:
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-23 2000x1230x3
Doctors in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Human Simulation Lab at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York give a thumbs-up after testing a ventilator prototype developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
PIA23772:
Mount Sinai Gives VITAL a Thumbs-Up
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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California prepare to ship a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
PIA23716:
Shipping NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
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Engineers more accustomed to building spacecraft than medical devices worked on a prototype ventilator for coronavirus patients at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in March and April of 2020.
PIA23715:
Building NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-23 2000x1382x3
This image shows the ventilator prototype for coronavirus patients designed and built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23714:
NASA's Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-23 2640x2000x3
Some of the dozens of engineers involved in creating a ventilator prototype specially targeted to coronavirus disease patients at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
PIA23713:
NASA-JPL Ventilator Prototype Team Members
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