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August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, Greenland

August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, Greenland

NASAs GRACE-FO shows that almost all of Greenland continued to lose mass in May 2019 as the ice sheet continues to melt.
August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, North America

August 20, 2019

Changes in Mass, North America

NASAs GRACE-FO shows North America was almost entirely above its long-term average in mass in May 2019, due to Midwestern flooding, with the runoff raising the Great Lakes to record levels.
August 15, 2019

A Little Bit Carousel Higher

August 15, 2019

A Little Bit Carousel Higher

In this image, taken on Aug. 5, 2019, engineers at NASAs JPL lift the Mars 2020 rovers bit carousel from its storage container. The bit carousel is at the heart of the rovers Sample Caching System.
August 15, 2019

Cache and Carry

August 15, 2019

Cache and Carry

In this August 5, 2019 image, the bit carousel, the heart of sampling and caching subsystem of NASAs Mars 2020 mission, is attached to the front end of the rover.
August 8, 2019

ECOSTRESS Focuses on Costa Rican Drought

August 8, 2019

ECOSTRESS Focuses on Costa Rican Drought

This ECOSTRESS image shows plant stress in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica a few months after the onset of a major Central American drought.
August 8, 2019

Northern Arabia Terra

August 8, 2019

Northern Arabia Terra

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of an unnamed channel in the margin between Arabia Terra and the surrounding lowlands.
August 7, 2019

Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii

August 7, 2019

Mauna Kea volcano, Hawaii

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the top of Mauna Kea Volcano, Big Island of Hawaii, where the Mauna Kea Observatories, with thirteen telescopes, are located.
August 7, 2019

At the Edge

August 7, 2019

At the Edge

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the edge of the polar cap.
August 6, 2019

Mars 2020 Rover on Stand

August 6, 2019

Mars 2020 Rover on Stand

This image of NASAs Mars 2020 rover was taken on July 23, 2019 in the Spacecraft Assembly Facilitys High Bay 1 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
August 6, 2019

Mars Helicopter Arrives in Clean Room

August 6, 2019

Mars Helicopter Arrives in Clean Room

Members from NASAs Mars Helicopter and Mars 2020 teams stand behind the Mars Helicopter.
August 6, 2019

Albor Tholus

August 6, 2019

Albor Tholus

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of the flank of Albor Tholus, a volcano found in the Elysium volcanic complex.
August 5, 2019

Mastcam Views Strathdon

August 5, 2019

Mastcam Views Strathdon

This mosaic of images shows a boulder-sized rock called Strathdon, which is made up of many complex layers. NASAs Curiosity Mars rover took these images using its Mast Camera, or Mastcam.
August 5, 2019

Close-up of Strathdon

August 5, 2019

Close-up of Strathdon

This mosaic of images shows layers of ancient sediment on a boulder-sized rock called Strathdon, as seen by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASAs Curiosity rover.
August 5, 2019

Curiosity Surveys Teal Ridge

August 5, 2019

Curiosity Surveys Teal Ridge

This 360-degree panorama of a location called Teal Ridge was captured on Mars by the Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on NASAs Curiosity rover on June 18, 2019.
August 5, 2019

Hyperboreae Undae

August 5, 2019

Hyperboreae Undae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows several dune fields encircling the north polar cap. Hyperboreae Undae is one of them.
August 2, 2019

Acheron Fossae

August 2, 2019

Acheron Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the northern side of Acheron Fossae. Acheron Fossae is a complex tectonic region north of Olympus Mons.
August 1, 2019

The Tippy Top of Mars 2020

August 1, 2019

The Tippy Top of Mars 2020

This image shows a close-up of the head of Mars 2020s remote sensing mast. The mast head contains the SuperCam instrument.
August 1, 2019

A Clean Room With a View

August 1, 2019

A Clean Room With a View

The Mars 2020 rover undergoes an eye exam after several cameras were installed. The rover carries everything from wide-angle landscape cameras to narrow-angle high-resolution zoom lens cameras.
August 1, 2019

Testing Mars 2020's 20/20 Vision

August 1, 2019

Testing Mars 2020's 20/20 Vision

In this image, engineers test cameras on the top of the Mars 2020 rovers mast and front chassis.
August 1, 2019

An Eye Chart for Mars 2020

August 1, 2019

An Eye Chart for Mars 2020

Engineer Chris Chatellier stands next to a target board with 1,600 dots, used to calibrate the forward-facing cameras on the Mars 2020 rover.
August 1, 2019

Storm on the Horizon

August 1, 2019

Storm on the Horizon

NASAs Juno spacecraft saw this striking vista during its most recent close flyby of Jupiter.
August 1, 2019

Ascraeus Mons

August 1, 2019

Ascraeus Mons

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows where the southeastern flank of Ascraeus Mons meets the surrounding volcanic plains.
July 31, 2019

NASA's Spitzer Spots a Perfectly Sideways Galaxy

July 31, 2019

NASA's Spitzer Spots a Perfectly Sideways Galaxy

This image by NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows Galaxy NGC 5866, oriented almost exactly edge-on, yielding most of its structural features invisible.
July 31, 2019

Mega-Gullies

July 31, 2019

Mega-Gullies

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part a section of a mega gully. Located on the plains of Sinai Planum, it is just one of a number of huge channels that line the cliff face of Ius Chasma.
July 30, 2019

Elysium Chasma

July 30, 2019

Elysium Chasma

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Elysium Chasma, a fracture system located west of Elysium Mons.
July 29, 2019

Elysium Fossae

July 29, 2019

Elysium Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of one of the graben that comprise Elysium Fossae.
July 26, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Robotic Arm Is On The Move

July 26, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Robotic Arm Is On The Move

In the clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at JPL, the Mars 2020 rovers 7-foot-long (2.1-meter-long) arm maneuvers its 88-pound (40-kilogram) sensor-laden turret as it moves from a deployed to a stowed configuration.
July 26, 2019

Terra Cimmeria Channel

July 26, 2019

Terra Cimmeria Channel

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed channel in Terra Cimmeria. The channel is located immediately outside of the rim of Knobel Crater.
July 25, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

July 25, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Cerberus Fossae. These large graben cut across the Tartarus Montes in Elysium Planitia.
July 24, 2019

In the Belly of the Mars 2020 Beast

July 24, 2019

In the Belly of the Mars 2020 Beast

An engineer in the Spacecraft Assembly Facilitys High Bay 1 at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, can be seen working on the exposed belly of the Mars 2020 rover.
July 24, 2019

Mars 2020's MMRTG

July 24, 2019

Mars 2020's MMRTG

The electricity for NASAs Mars 2020 rover is provided by a power system called an MMRTG. An MMRTG uses the heat from the natural radioactive decay of plutonium-238 to generate electricity.
July 24, 2019

Power for Mars 2020

July 24, 2019

Power for Mars 2020

The electricity for NASAs Mars 2020 rover is provided by a power system called a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, or MMRTG.

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