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  • Behold one of the more stunningly detailed images of the Earth yet created. This Blue Marble Earth montage, created from photographs taken by the VIIRS instrument on board the Suomi NPP satellite, shows many stunning details of our home planet.
    Earth Science .
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  • Artist's concept compares a hypothetical solar system centered around a tiny 'sun' to a known solar system centered around a star 55 Cancri.
    Planetary Science .
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  • This artist's impression shows galaxy WISE J224607.55-052634.9, the most luminous galaxy ever discovered.
    Astrophysics and Space Science .
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  • Animation of Mars Helicopter Flight Test
    Flight Computing and Avionics .
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  • At the Edge of 'Endurance'
    Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing .
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  • PEACOQ: New Quantum Detector Could Help Quantum Computers Communicate
    Quantum Technologies .
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  • On May 18, 2022, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover used an artificial intelligence software called AEGIS to select and target the rock seen in close-up here.
    Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science .
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  • The ASTHROS mirror is composed of nine panels, coated in nickel and gold. Here, engineers attach panels to the mirror's support structure. The panels must be aligned to within 0.0001 inches (2.5 micrometers), or a fraction of the width of a human hair.
    Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing .
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  • This artist's rendering shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft maneuvering above Ceres with its ion propulsion system. Dawn arrived into orbit at Ceres on March 6, 2015, and continues to collect data about the mysterious and fascinating world.
    Propulsion Systems .
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  • An artist's conception of one of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft. The two observatories currently lie on either side of the sun, providing views of the entire sun simultaneously.
    Sensors, Microdevices and Instruments .
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  • Mars rover Curiosity, the centerpiece of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, is coming together for extensive testing prior to its late 2011 launch.
    Robotic Systems .
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  • Two full-scale development model rovers that are part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration drive in the Mars Yard at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in August 2023.
    Autonomous Systems .
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  • The Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) project – led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California – is planned to perform a robot-controlled lunar surface experiment with imagery in the coming years.
    Systems for Extreme Environments .
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  • ForeSight, a fully functional, full-size model of NASA's InSight lander, practices deploying a model of the lander's Wind and Thermal Shield. This testing was done at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
    Thermal Management Systems .
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  • This artist's concept shows the sky crane maneuver during the descent of NASA's Curiosity rover to the Martian surface. The sheer size of the rover (over one ton, or 900 kilograms) would preclude it from taking advantage of an airbag-assisted landing.
    Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems .
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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.
    Space Power and Energy Storage .
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  • This computer simulation shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover as it carried out its first drive using its auto-navigation feature, which allows it to avoid rocks and other hazards without input from engineers back on Earth.
    Communication and Navigation .
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  • Exploration Destination Systems
    Exploration Destination Systems .
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