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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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These two images were taken by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander when it was pointed almost straight up, toward the southwest. Zenith is near the top of the center frame.
PIA10787:
Blowing in the Wind Animations Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
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This image from an animated 'flyover' of the workspace of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's was taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 14 (June 8, 2008), or the 14th Martian day after landing.
PIA10790:
Flyover Animation of Phoenix Workspace Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
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Images taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager, combined into a panoramic view looking north from the lander.
PIA10791:
Phoenix Animation Looking North Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This panorama looks to the southeast and shows rocks casting shadows, polygons on the surface and as the image looks to the horizon, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's backshell gleams in the distance.
PIA10792:
Animation of Panorama of Phoenix Landing Area Looking Southeast Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This panorama image of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's solar panel and the lander's Robotic Arm with a sample in the scoop. The image was taken just before the sample was delivered to the Optical Microscope.
PIA10793:
Panorama of Phoenix's Solar Panel and Robotic Arm Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (16.86 MB)     JPEG (683.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander recorded this image of the lander's Robotic Arm enlarging and combining the two trenches informally named 'Dodo' (left) and 'Goldilocks.'
PIA10794:
Digging Movie from Phoenix's Sol 18 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Phoenix
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This image shows the workings of the microscope station of the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument suite of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10798:
Schematic Animation of Phoenix's Microscope Station Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Phoenix
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A camera view zooms in from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander launch site all the way to Phoenix's Microscopy and Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) aboard the spacecraft on the Martian surface.
PIA10799:
Animated Optical Microscope Zoom in from Phoenix Launch to Martian Surface Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
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The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander recorded this true-color image of the lander's Robotic Arm enlarging and combining the two trenches informally named 'Dodo' (left) and 'Goldilocks.'
PIA10901:
Animation of "Dodo" and "Goldilocks" Trenches Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.15 MB)     JPEG (176.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-13 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image of the trench shows a white layer that has been uncovered by the Robotic Arm (RA) scoop onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander and is visible in the wall of the trench.
PIA10902:
First Dodo Trench with White Layer Visible in Dig Area Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-20 Mars Phoenix
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This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager and shows sublimation of ice in the trench informally called 'Dodo-Goldilocks' over the course of four days.
PIA10906:
Disappearing Ice Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Phoenix
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This is an illustration of soil analysis on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Wet Chemistry Lab (WCL) on board the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument.
PIA10914:
Phoenix's Wet Chemistry Lab Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA10918:
Pan and Zoom of 'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-11 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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This image shows the first time that the four spikes of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's thermal and electrical conductivity probe were inserted into Martian soil.
PIA10941:
Phoenix Conductivity Probe Inserted in Martian Soil Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-23 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows the trench informally named 'Snow White' taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on July 21, 2008.
PIA10974:
Before & After of Rasping on Sol 56 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-07-29 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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This image of 'Snow Queen,' was taken by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA11000:
'Snow Queen' Animation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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The full-circle panorama in approximately true color taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the polygonal patterning of ground at the landing area, similar to patterns in permafrost areas on Earth.
PIA11007:
Full-Circle Color Panorama of Phoenix Landing Site on Northern Mars Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.587 MB)     JPEG (48.54 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Phoenix
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This image shows NASA's Phoenix Lander's Robotic Arm scoop delivering a sample to the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) and how samples are analyzed within the instrument.
PIA11026:
TEGA Sample Delivery and Analysis (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.091 MB)     JPEG (57.66 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Phoenix
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This image shows testing under simulated Mars conditions on Earth in preparation for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander using its robotic arm for delivering a sample to the doors of a laboratory oven.
PIA11027:
Testing of Icy-Soil Sample Delivery in Simulated Martian Conditions (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.768 MB)     JPEG (85.83 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Phoenix
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The Surface Stereo Imager onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander captures a scene with three different filters. The images are sent to Earth in black and white and the color is added by mission scientists.
PIA11028:
How Phoenix Creates Color Images (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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A laser beam from the Canadian-built lidar instrument on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can be seen in this contrast-enhanced image taken by Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager on July 26, 2008, during early Martian morning hours of the 61st Martian day.
PIA11030:
Zenith Movie showing Phoenix's Lidar Beam (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows the evolution of the trench called 'Snow White' that NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander began digging on the 22nd Martian day of the mission after the May 25, 2008, landing.
PIA11031:
Snow White Trench (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
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A scientific illustration of the operation of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
PIA11040:
Atomic Force Microscope Operation Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.766 MB)     JPEG (80.77 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-03 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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Clouds scoot across the Martian sky in a frame from a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA11060:
Ice Clouds in Martian Arctic (Accelerated Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-14 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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An angry looking sky is captured in this frame from a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA11151:
Nighttime Clouds in Martian Arctic (Accelerated Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-14 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale catches a breeze as clouds move over the landing site on Sol 103 (Sept. 7, 2008), the 103rd Martian day since landing.
PIA11152:
Phoenix Telltale Movie with Clouds, Sol 103 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-14 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander caught this dust devil in action west of the lander on Sol 104, or the 104th Martian day of the mission, Sept. 9, 2008.
PIA11155:
Martian Dust Devil Movie, Phoenix Sol 104 Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (235.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-20 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This images from a sequence of images that combines 32 images of clouds moving eastward across a Martian horizon. The Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander took this set of images on Sept. 18, 2008,
PIA11184:
Clouds Move Across Mars Horizon Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This frame from a sequence of nine images taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the sun rising on the morning of the lander's 101st Martian day after landing.
PIA11201:
Martian Sunrise at Phoenix Landing Site, Sol 101 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This view combines more than 500 images taken after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars.
PIA11209:
Full-Circle Color Panorama of Phoenix Lander Deck and Landing Site on Northern Mars, Animation Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.08 MB)     JPEG (26.67 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
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This frame from an animation shows a zoom into the Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) instrument onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The Phoenix team will soon attempt to use a microphone on the MARDI instrument to capture sounds of Mars.
PIA11210:
Animation of MARDI Instrument Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
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The Surface Stereo Imager camera aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander acquired a series of images of the laser beam in the Martian night sky. Bright spots in the beam are reflections from ice crystals in the low level ice-fog.
PIA11211:
Phoenix's Laser Beam in Action on Mars Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.051 MB)     JPEG (23.94 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-30 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's Phoenix Lander's Robotic Arm scoop delivering a sample to the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) and how samples are analyzed within the instrument.
PIA11212:
Animation of TEGA Sample Delivery and Analysis Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.091 MB)     JPEG (58.34 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-16 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This frame from an animation shows the movement of several dust storms near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. These images were taken by the lander's Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on the 137th Martian day, or sol, of the mission (Oct. 13, 2008).
PIA11234:
Dust Storm Moving Near Phoenix Lander Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-16 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This frame from a series of images shows NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's telltale instrument waving in the Martian wind. Documenting the telltale's movement helps mission scientists and engineers determine what the wind is like on Mars.
PIA11235:
Telltale Instrument Waving in the Martian Wind Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-15 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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Clouds of dust and ice swirl past the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in this frame from a series of images taken on the 132nd Martian day of the mission (Oct. 7, 2008).
PIA11716:
Dark Skies and Clouds Move in at Phoenix site Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-21 Mars Phoenix
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This view combines more than 400 images taken during the first several weeks after NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on an arctic plain at 68.22 degrees north latitude, 234.25 degrees east longitude on Mars.
PIA11734:
Full-Circle Color Panorama of Phoenix Landing Site on Northern Mars Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (499.5 MB)     JPEG (8.879 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-19 Earth OSTM/Jason-2
 Altimeter
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In this side-by-side visualization, Pacific Ocean sea surface height anomalies during the 1997-98 El Niño (left) are compared with 2015 Pacific conditions (right).
PIA20009:
NASA Studying 2015 El Niño Event as Never Before Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (6.183 MB)     JPEG (459.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2020-09-09 Asteroid OSIRIS-REx
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Using data collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, this animation shows the trajectories of rock particles after being ejected from asteroid (101955) Bennu's surface.
PIA24101:
Asteroid Bennu's Particle Ejection Events (Animation)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (558 kB)     JPEG (35.64 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-06-07 Earth Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-3)
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This animation shows the accumulation of data from NASA's OCO-3 instrument used to create a map of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations that covers about 50 square miles (80 square kilometers) of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
PIA24523:
Carbon Dioxide Over the L.A. Metropolitan Area
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.021 MB)     JPEG (104.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-02 OCO-2
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Technicians prep NASA's OCO-2 instrument for shipping at Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Ca. Animation available in More Details.
PIA17797:
NASA's OCO-2 Instrument Completes Construction Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (192 MB)     JPEG (2.64 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-19 NuSTAR
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NuSTAR has provided the first observational evidence in support of a theory that says exploding stars slosh around before detonating. That theory, referred to as mild asymmetries, is shown here in a simulation by Christian Ott.
PIA17845:
Sloshing Star Goes Supernova Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-08 NuSTAR
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The brightest pulsar detected to date is shown in this frame from an animation that flips back and forth between images captured by NASA's NuSTAR. A pulsar is a type of neutron star, the leftover core of a star that exploded in a supernova.
PIA18843:
NuSTAR Captures the Beat of a Dead Star (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-10-08 NuSTAR
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This image shows a neutron star -- the core of a star that exploded in a massive supernova. This particular neutron star is known as a pulsar because it sends out rotating beams of X-rays that sweep past Earth like lighthouse beacons.
PIA18845:
Beacons of X-ray Light (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (15.2 MB)     JPEG (147.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-07-09 NuSTAR
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The cosmic object SS 433 contains a bright source of X-ray light surrounded by two hemispheres of hot gas. SS 433 tilts periodically, causing one X-ray beam to point toward Earth.
PIA24574:
The Changing X-ray Brightness of SS 433 (Illustration)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.821 MB)     JPEG (198 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2021-03-24 NISAR
 L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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The S-band SAR arrived at JPL on March 19. The next day, technicians and engineers moved the S-SAR into the airlock to the Spacecraft Assembly Facility's High Bay 1 clean room, to be unpacked over several days in the clean room.
PIA24137:
NISAR S-Band SAR Arrival
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.734 MB)     JPEG (66.65 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-02 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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The Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on NASA New Horizons acquired images of the Pluto field three days apart in late September 2006, in order to see Pluto's motion against a dense background of stars.
PIA09234:
New Horizons Sees Pluto Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (805.4 kB)     JPEG (113.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Io New Horizons
 LORRI
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Tvashtar Movie
PIA09357:
Tvashtar Movie Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (183.9 kB)     JPEG (7.658 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-14 Io New Horizons
 LORRI
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This five-frame sequence of New Horizons images captures the giant plume from Io's Tvashtar volcano. These were snapped by the probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter earlier this year.
PIA09665:
Tvashtar in Motion Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Jupiter New Horizons
 LORRI
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Shepherd Moons
PIA09921:
Shepherd Moons Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-10-09 Jupiter New Horizons
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In this frame from a movie, put together from false-color images taken by the New Horizons Ralph instrument as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter in early 2007, show ammonia clouds (appearing as bright blue areas) as they form and disperse.
PIA09922:
Ammonia Clouds on Jupiter Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-07 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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This frame from an animation of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it raced toward Pluto in July 2014.
PIA11217:
A Moon over Pluto (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-11 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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This frame from a movie, composed of images taken by NASA's New Horizons, shows Pluto as it rotates about its axis. The images were taken May 28-June 3, 2015, from distances ranging from approximately 56 million kilometers to 48.5 million kilometers.
PIA17807:
Faces of Pluto (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-11 Pluto New Horizons
 MVIC
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This near-true color, barycentric, frame from a movie from NASA's New Horizons mission show Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, and the complex orbital dance of the two bodies, known as a double planet.
PIA19688:
Pluto and Charon in Color: Barycentric View (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.001 MB)     JPEG (32.29 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-06-11 Pluto New Horizons
 MVIC
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This near-true color, 'Pluto-centric' frame from a movie from NASA's New Horizons mission show Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, and the complex orbital dance of the two bodies, known as a double planet.
PIA19689:
Pluto and Charon in Color: Pluto-Centric View (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.001 MB)     JPEG (32.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-01 Charon New Horizons
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This series of images taken by NASA's New Horizons' Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) shows how Pluto (left) and Charon (right) change in brightness as they rotate over 6.4 Earth days.
PIA19692:
True Color of Pluto and Charon Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.371 MB)     JPEG (126.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-03 Pluto New Horizons
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This image was created by NASA New Horizons to reveal color surface features of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. It was taken between June 23 and June 29, 2015.
PIA19696:
Pluto and Charon Surfaces in Living Color (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-03 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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What color is Pluto? The answer, revealed in the first maps made from NASA's New Horizons data, turns out to be shades of reddish brown.
PIA19697:
The 'Other' Red Planet (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-07-08 Pluto New Horizons
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This four-frame movie shows NASA's New Horizons' final deep search for hazardous material around Pluto, obtained on July 1, 2015. These data allow a highly sensitive search for any new moons.
PIA19701:
Final Hazard Search Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.23 MB)     JPEG (57.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-08-28 Pluto New Horizons
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This frame from an animation is a dramatic view of the Pluto system is as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft saw it in July 2015.
PIA19873:
Flying Past Pluto (Animation) Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.622 MB)     JPEG (103 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-09-21 Pluto New Horizons
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Images downloaded from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft (through Sept. 11, 2015) were stitched together and rendered on a sphere to make this flyover 'movie.' This is a frame from the animation.
PIA19951:
Flyover Sputnik Planum Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.147 MB)     JPEG (127.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-10-01 Charon New Horizons
 LORRI
MVIC
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Images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft were used to create a flyover video of Pluto's largest moon, Charon. The 'flight' starts with the informally named Mordor (dark) region near Charon's north pole.
PIA19965:
Flying over Charon Animation Icon
Full Resolution:     TIFF (587.9 kB)     JPEG (74.33 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2015-12-05 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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This frame from a movie is composed of the sharpest views of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft obtained during its flyby of the distant planet on July 14, 2015.
PIA20202:
New Horizons' Very Best View of Pluto (movie)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.887 MB)     JPEG (91.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-18 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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In April 2016, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft observed 1994 JR1, a 90-mile (145-kilometer) wide Kuiper Belt object (KBO) orbiting more than 3 billion miles (5 billion kilometers) from the sun.
PIA20589:
New Horizons Collects First Science on a Post-Pluto Object Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-05-27 Pluto New Horizons
 LORRI
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This frame from a movie, which extends across the hemisphere that faced New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015, includes all of the highest-resolution images taken by the NASA probe.
PIA14457:
New Horizons' Best Close-Up of Pluto's Surface (movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-07-14 Pluto New Horizons
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After a 9.5-year voyage covering more than three billion miles, NASA's New Horizons flew through the Pluto system on July 14, 2015, coming within 7,800 miles (12,500 kilometers) of Pluto itself.
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Imagine a Landing on Pluto Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-31 New Horizons
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In July 2016, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft observed the Kuiper Belt Object Quaoar, roughly half the size of Pluto. An animated gif is available at the Photojournal.
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New Horizons Spies a Kuiper Belt Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-07-19 Kuiper Belt Object New Horizons
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This frame from an animation shows a Kuiper Belt object know as 2014 MU69, as seen by NASA's New Horizons.
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Wink of a Star
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-03 Comet NEOWISE
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NASA's NEOWISE mission captured this series of pictures of comet C/2012 K1 -- also known as comet Pan-STARRS -- as it swept across our skies on May 20, 2014.
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Infrared View of a Comet and Distant Galaxy Animation Icon
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's NEOWISE survey in the mission's first year following its restart in December 2013. Each dot represents an asteroid or comet that the mission observed.
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One Year of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-04-05 Asteroid NEOWISE
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) investigation for the mission's first two years following its restart in December 2013. Green circles represent near-Earth objects.
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Two Years of NEOWISE Observations Mapped Animation Icon
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This frame from an animation shows NASA's NEOWISE's third year of survey data with the spacecraft discovering 97 previously unknown celestial objects in the last year.
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Three Years of NEOWISE Data Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-04-20 Asteroid NEOWISE
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This frame from a movie shows the progression of NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) investigation for the mission's first four years following its restart in December 2013. Green circles represent near-Earth objects.
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Four Years of NASA NEOWISE Data Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-04-15 Comet NEOWISE
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This image shows comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto as imaged in multiple exposures of infrared light by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope.
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Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto
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The dark spot in the bottom left corner of the image is a brown dwarf, nicknamed The Accident, which was discovered by citizen scientist Dan Caselden using data from NASA's NEOWISE.
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An Accidental Discovery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-02 Earth MESSENGER
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NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its home planet on Aug. 2, 2005.
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Earth Departure Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-05 Venus MESSENGER
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After acquiring hundreds of high-resolution images during close approach to Venus, NASA's MESSENGER turned its wide-angle camera back to the planet and acquired a departure sequence.
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MESSENGER Bids Farewell to Venus Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft approached Mercury for its first flyby, the Narrow Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument acquired the nine images shown here taken from January 9 to 13, 2008.
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Rendezvous with Mercury Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-30 Mercury MESSENGER
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On January 13, 2008, beginning 30 hours before NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's closest approach to Mercury, the Wide Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), began snapping images as it approached the planet.
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MESSENGER Approaches Mercury Animation Icon
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After NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft completed its successful flyby of Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), took these images of the receding planet. This is a frame from an animation.
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MESSENGER Departs Mercury Animation Icon
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This frame from an animation shows a conceptual sketch of Mercury's magnetosphere at the time of NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft's flyby.
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MESSENGER Flies through Mercury's Magnetosphere Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-08 Mercury MESSENGER
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The First Image After Closest Approach
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The First Image After Closest Approach Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-31 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Movie of Magnetometer Measurements from the Second Mercury Flyby
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A Movie of Magnetometer Measurements from the Second Mercury Flyby Animation Icon
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A Movie of MESSENGER's Observations of Mercury's Exosphere
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A Movie of MESSENGER's Observations of Mercury's Exosphere Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-31 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Color Movie of Mercury's Surface
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A Color Movie of Mercury's Surface Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Movie of Global Imaging Coverage to Date
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Movie of Global Imaging Coverage to Date
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
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Movie of MLA Coverage to Date
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
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Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-16 Mercury MESSENGER
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Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
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Movie of Mercury's Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-03-23 Mercury MESSENGER
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Movie of Mercury's South Pole
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Movie of Mercury's South Pole Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-02-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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Getting the Spins
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Getting the Spins Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-02-15 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Bit of an Exaggeration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-14 Mercury MESSENGER
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A Tribute to MESSENGER: Video
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-11-08 Mercury MESSENGER
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Ride Along with MESSENGER: Movie 2
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Ride Along with MESSENGER: Movie 2 Animation Icon
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Ride Along with MESSENGER: Movie 1
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Ride Along with MESSENGER: Movie 1 Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-06 Mercury MESSENGER
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NASA's MESSENGER prepares to perform the Mercury orbit insertion burn in this animated artist's concept.
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Mercury Orbit Insertion (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-01 Mercury MESSENGER
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MESSENGER Flyover Movie. This frame from a movie consists of 214 images acquired by NASA's MESSENGER's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on June 8, 2014.
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MESSENGER Flyover Movie
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-02-16 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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In this image, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory test and 'flex' Curiosity's robotic arm and tools. A video can be viewed at the Photojournal.
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Curiosity's Robotic Arm and Tools Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-11-18 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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These three images show the progression of 'stacking' NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover and its descent stage in one of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's 'clean room.'
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So Happy Together Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-26 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This artist's concept depicts Curiosity, the rover to be launched in 2011 by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, as it is being lowered by the mission's rocket-powered descent stage during a critical moment of the 'sky crane' landing in 2012.
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Critical Step in Next Mars Rover Landing (Artist Concept) Animation Icon
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