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July 9, 2020

A Big Crane for a Big Dish

July 9, 2020

A Big Crane for a Big Dish

Deep Space Station 43 is the largest steerable parabolic antenna in the Southern Hemisphere and currently undergoing upgrades, which are expected to be completed by January 2021.
July 9, 2020

Swinging the Cone Into Place

July 9, 2020

Swinging the Cone Into Place

In a delicate operation, a 400-ton crane lifts the new X-band cone into the 70-meter (230-feet) Deep Space Station 43 dish located in Canberra, Australia.
July 9, 2020

Inside a Big Dish

July 9, 2020

Inside a Big Dish

Workers perform upgrades on the central cone of the Deep Space Networks Deep Space Station 43s antenna in Canberra, Australia. Improvements on the dish, which spans 70 meters (239 feet) are expected to be complete by January 2021.
July 9, 2020

Maneuvering Perseverance

July 9, 2020

Maneuvering Perseverance

The nose cone containing NASAs 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.
July 9, 2020

Perseverance on the Move

July 9, 2020

Perseverance on the Move

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.
July 9, 2020

Lifting Perseverance

July 9, 2020

Lifting Perseverance

NASAs 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.
July 9, 2020

Ariadnes Colles

July 9, 2020

Ariadnes Colles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Ariadnes Colles. The term colles means hills or knobs.
July 8, 2020

Fitting the Rover's Power Supply

July 8, 2020

Fitting the Rover's Power Supply

Technicians at NASAs 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.
July 8, 2020

Testing Rover Power Source

July 8, 2020

Testing Rover Power Source

This image shows the Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for NASAS Mars 2020 Perseverance rover during a fit check at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16-17, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Rover Power Source

July 8, 2020

Rover Power Source

The Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for NASAS Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is shown during a fit check with the rover at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 16-17, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images

July 8, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared images taken by NASAs NEOWISE mission on March 27, 2020.
July 8, 2020

Inside a Crater

July 8, 2020

Inside a Crater

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the crater rim and floor of an unnamed crater located in Terra Sirenum on the north rim of Newton Crater.
July 7, 2020

Psyche's Spectrometer

July 7, 2020

Psyche's Spectrometer

Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, make progress on the spectrometer for NASAs Psyche spacecraft, while observing COVID-19 safety procedures.
July 7, 2020

Ring of Firepower

July 7, 2020

Ring of Firepower

An electric Hall thruster, identical to those that will be used to propel NASAs Psyche spacecraft, undergoes testing at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
July 7, 2020

Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion

July 7, 2020

Thumbs-up for Ion Propulsion

Thumbs-up for a successful test. Psyche engineers test an electric Hall thruster identical to those that will propel NASAs Psyche spacecraft on its journey to the asteroid Psyche.
July 7, 2020

Psyche in Progress

July 7, 2020

Psyche in Progress

A technician prepares to integrate part of the electric propulsion system onto the main body of NASAs Psyche spacecraft at Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto, California.
July 7, 2020

A Metal-Rich World (Artist's Concept)

July 7, 2020

A Metal-Rich World (Artist's Concept)

This artists concept depicts the asteroid Psyche, the target of NASAs Psyche mission.
July 7, 2020

Psyche Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)

July 7, 2020

Psyche Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)

This artists concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASAs Psyche spacecraft.
July 7, 2020

Daedalia Planum Windstreak

July 7, 2020

Daedalia Planum Windstreak

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a windstreak on lava plains southwest of Arsia Mons.
July 7, 2020

NASA InSight's Mole Taps the Bottom of the Lander's Scoop

July 7, 2020

NASA InSight's Mole Taps the Bottom of the Lander's Scoop

The movement of sand grains in the scoop on the end of NASA InSights robotic arm suggests that the spacecrafts self-hammering mole had begun tapping the bottom of the scoop while hammering on June 20, 2020.
July 6, 2020

Al Jowf, Saudi Arabia

July 6, 2020

Al Jowf, Saudi Arabia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Al Jowf Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia, 30 years after the area has grown from 22 center-pivot irrigated fields to thousands.
July 6, 2020

Curiosity Finds Nodules near the Top of Pediment Slope

July 6, 2020

Curiosity Finds Nodules near the Top of Pediment Slope

The goosebump-like features in the center of this image were formed by water billions of years ago. NASAs Curiosity Mars rover discovered them as it crested the slope of Greenheugh Pediment on Feb. 24, 2020.
July 6, 2020

Curiosity's View From the Top of the Greenheugh Pediment

July 6, 2020

Curiosity's View From the Top of the Greenheugh Pediment

Stitched together from 28 images, NASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured this view from Greenheugh Pediment on April 9, 2020.
July 6, 2020

Curiosity's Path to the Sulfate-Bearing Unit

July 6, 2020

Curiosity's Path to the Sulfate-Bearing Unit

Stitched together from 116 images, this view captured by NASAs Curiosity Mars rover shows the path it will take in the summer of 2020 as it drives toward the next region it will be investigating, the sulfate-bearing unit.
July 6, 2020

Nirgal Vallis

July 6, 2020

Nirgal Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the two channel segments of Nirgal Vallis that join just off the image to the east.
July 3, 2020

Outflow Channels

July 3, 2020

Outflow Channels

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of unnamed channel located at the margin where large northward flowing channels enter Chryse Planitia.
July 2, 2020

Granicus Valles

July 2, 2020

Granicus Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows many of the channel segments of Granicus Valles. Granicus Valles is a complex channel system located west of Elysium Mons.
July 1, 2020

Clyde's Spot on Jupiter

July 1, 2020

Clyde's Spot on Jupiter

This image from NASAs Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiters southern hemisphere.
July 1, 2020

Daedalia Planum

July 1, 2020

Daedalia Planum

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
June 30, 2020

Arizona Bighorn Fire 2020

June 30, 2020

Arizona Bighorn Fire 2020

NASAs ASTER instrument imaged areas burned by the Bighorn Fire north of Tucson, Arizona, on June 29. Vegetation is shown in red and burned areas are shown in dark gray.
June 30, 2020

Melas Chasma

June 30, 2020

Melas Chasma

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the southern cliffside of Melas Chasma. Melas Chasma is part of the largest canyon system on Mars, Valles Marineris.
June 29, 2020

Albor Fossae

June 29, 2020

Albor Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Albor Fossae. These fossae (graben) are located on the southeastern flank of Albor Tholus, one of the volcanoes of the Elysium volcanic complex.

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