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October 19, 2020

Video of 3D printing at JPL

October 19, 2020

Video of 3D printing at JPL

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.
October 19, 2020

X-ray Image of 3D-Printed MOXIE Part

October 19, 2020

X-ray Image of 3D-Printed MOXIE Part

This X-ray image shows the interior of a 3D-printed heat exchanger in Perseverances MOXIE instrument. X-ray images like these are used to check for defects within parts.
October 13, 2020

The Tethered Axel Autonomously Descends a Rocky Slope

October 13, 2020

The Tethered Axel Autonomously Descends a Rocky Slope

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.
October 13, 2020

DuAxel Undocks a Tethered Axel to Explore a Steep Slope

October 13, 2020

DuAxel Undocks a Tethered Axel to Explore a Steep Slope

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.
October 13, 2020

The DuAxel Rover During a Field Test in California's Mojave Desert

October 13, 2020

The DuAxel Rover During a Field Test in California's Mojave Desert

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.
October 13, 2020

Proctor Crater Dunes

October 13, 2020

Proctor Crater Dunes

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows sand dunes within Proctor Crater. These dunes are composed of basaltic sand that has collected in the bottom of the crater.
October 12, 2020

Pit Craters and Giant Volcanoes

October 12, 2020

Pit Craters and Giant Volcanoes

This image acquired on August 16, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the ceiling of a lava tube has collapsed in one spot and made this pit crater.
October 12, 2020

Dust Devil Dance

October 12, 2020

Dust Devil Dance

This image acquired on September 3, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows loops in the tracks that can often be used to discern the direction traveled by dust devils.
October 12, 2020

Cliffs in Ancient Ice

October 12, 2020

Cliffs in Ancient Ice

This image acquired on August 15, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a brownish, dusty cliff wall, where the faint light-blue-colored ice shows through.
October 12, 2020

A Criss-Cross Landscape with Fresh Craters

October 12, 2020

A Criss-Cross Landscape with Fresh Craters

This image acquired on June 23, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows terrain near Mangala Valles.
October 12, 2020

Rabe Crater Dunes

October 12, 2020

Rabe Crater Dunes

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a large sand sheet with surface dune forms, located on the complex floor of Rabe Crater.
October 9, 2020

All Broken Up

October 9, 2020

All Broken Up

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Margaritifer Terra near Eos Chasma.
October 8, 2020

A Flight Over Jupiter

October 8, 2020

A Flight Over Jupiter

During the closest approach of this pass, NASAs Juno spacecraft came within approximately 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers) of Jupiters cloud tops.
October 8, 2020

RIMFAX Location on NASA's Perseverance Rover (Illustration)

October 8, 2020

RIMFAX Location on NASA's Perseverance Rover (Illustration)

Highlighted in blue in this visualization, the RIMFAX instruments antenna is externally mounted underneath the MMRTG (the rovers nuclear battery) on the back of Perseverance.
October 8, 2020

Testing RIMFAX for NASA's Perseverance Rover

October 8, 2020

Testing RIMFAX for NASA's Perseverance Rover

A test model of the RIMFAX instrument, aboard the trailer behind the snow mobile, undergoes field testing in Svalbard, Norway.
October 8, 2020

RIMFAX at Work on NASA's Perseverance (Illustration)

October 8, 2020

RIMFAX at Work on NASA's Perseverance (Illustration)

Perseverances Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX) uses radar waves to probe the ground, revealing the unexplored world that lies beneath the Martian surface.
October 8, 2020

Southern Noachis Terra

October 8, 2020

Southern Noachis Terra

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows southern Noachis Terra.
October 7, 2020

Mangala Fossae

October 7, 2020

Mangala Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the intersection of Mangala Fossae and an impact crater.
October 6, 2020

Proctor Crater Dunes

October 6, 2020

Proctor Crater Dunes

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows sand dunes within Proctor Crater. These dunes are composed of basaltic sand that has collected in the bottom of the crater.
October 5, 2020

Ascraeus Mons

October 5, 2020

Ascraeus Mons

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the southwestern flank of Ascraeus Mons.
October 2, 2020

NASA's ECOSTRESS Images California Wildfires From Space

October 2, 2020

NASA's ECOSTRESS Images California Wildfires From Space

Throughout the month of September 2020, NASAs ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) imaged multiple wildfires across the state of California.
October 2, 2020

The Rear of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite (Illustration)

October 2, 2020

The Rear of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite (Illustration)

This illustration shows the rear of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
October 2, 2020

The Front of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite (Illustration)

October 2, 2020

The Front of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite (Illustration)

This illustration shows the front of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
October 2, 2020

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Orbits Earth (Illustration)

October 2, 2020

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Orbits Earth (Illustration)

In this illustration, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft, the worlds latest sea-level satellite, orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended.
October 2, 2020

Nirgal Vallis

October 2, 2020

Nirgal Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small section of Nirgal Valles. Located in Noachis Terra, Nirgal Valles is 610km long (379 miles).
October 1, 2020

Helicopter Above Perseverance on Mars

October 1, 2020

Helicopter Above Perseverance on Mars

This illustration depicts Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during a test flight on Mars.
October 1, 2020

Echo Mapping in a Black Hole Accretion Disk and Torus (Animation)

October 1, 2020

Echo Mapping in a Black Hole Accretion Disk and Torus (Animation)

A disk of hot material around a supermassive black hole emits a burst of visible light, which travels out to a ring of dust that subsequently emits infrared light.
October 1, 2020

Machine Learning Spots a Cluster of Mars Craters: Context Camera's view

October 1, 2020

Machine Learning Spots a Cluster of Mars Craters: Context Camera's view

The black speck circled in the lower left corner of this image is a cluster of recently formed craters spotted on Mars using a new machine-learning algorithm. This image was taken by the Context Camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
October 1, 2020

AI Spots a Cluster of Mars Craters: HiRISE's view

October 1, 2020

AI Spots a Cluster of Mars Craters: HiRISE's view

The HiRISE camera aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of a crater cluster on Mars, the first ever to be discovered AI.
October 1, 2020

Iani Chaos

October 1, 2020

Iani Chaos

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Iani Chaos. Chaos terrain is typified by mesas and valleys.
September 30, 2020

Ophir and Candor Chasmata

September 30, 2020

Ophir and Candor Chasmata

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows parts of Ophir Chasma and Candor Chasma. Both are part of Valles Marineris.
September 29, 2020

Enceladus in the Infrared (Map View)

September 29, 2020

Enceladus in the Infrared (Map View)

This infrared global map of Saturns icy moon Enceladus was created using images acquired by NASAs Cassini spacecraft.

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