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October 18, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Unfoiled Again

October 18, 2019

NASA's Mars 2020 Unfoiled Again

Engineers working on NASAs Mars 2020 mission remove the inner layer of protective antistatic foil from the rover after a move from JPLs Spacecraft Assembly Facility to the Simulator Building for testing.
October 17, 2019

Pinning Helps the Mole Move

October 17, 2019

Pinning Helps the Mole Move

This animation shows NASA InSights heat probe, or mole, digging about a centimeter (half an inch) below the surface.
October 17, 2019

Elysium Fossae

October 17, 2019

Elysium Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Elysium Fossae, located on the western flank of the Elysium volcanic complex.
October 16, 2019

HiRISE Watches Curiosity Journey Across the Clay Unit

October 16, 2019

HiRISE Watches Curiosity Journey Across the Clay Unit

This animation shows the position of NASAs Curiosity rover as it journeyed through the clay-bearing unit on Mars between May 31 and July 20, 2019. The HiRISE camera on NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took both images.
October 16, 2019

The Best View of InSight

October 16, 2019

The Best View of InSight

The HiRISE camera on NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter got its best view yet of the InSight lander on September 23, 2019.
October 16, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

October 16, 2019

Cerberus Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, graben, that are called Cerberus Fossae.
October 15, 2019

New ARIA Map Shows Damage from Typhoon Hagibis

October 15, 2019

New ARIA Map Shows Damage from Typhoon Hagibis

NASAs ARIA team, along with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, created this map showing damage from Typhoon Hagibis, which struck southwest of Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2019.
October 15, 2019

Arabia Terra Channel

October 15, 2019

Arabia Terra Channel

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small section of an unnamed channel in Arabia Terra. This is just one of many channels dissecting the region.
October 14, 2019

Olympica Fossae

October 14, 2019

Olympica Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Olympica Fossae, a complex channel located on the Tharsis volcanic plains between Alba Mons and Olympus Mons.
October 11, 2019

Terra Cimmeria

October 11, 2019

Terra Cimmeria

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a location in Terra Cimmeria, near the margin with Nepenthes Mensae.
October 10, 2019

Colors on the Wind

October 10, 2019

Colors on the Wind

In this view of Jupiter, NASAs Juno spacecraft captures swirling clouds in the region of the giant planets northern hemisphere known as Jet N4.
October 10, 2019

Lyot Crater Dunes

October 10, 2019

Lyot Crater Dunes

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Lyot Crater, including a field of dunes.
October 9, 2019

Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia

October 9, 2019

Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Wajid Aquifer in Saudi Arabia.
October 9, 2019

Cerulli Crater Rim

October 9, 2019

Cerulli Crater Rim

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of the southern rim of Cerulli Crater.
October 8, 2019

Nilus Mensae

October 8, 2019

Nilus Mensae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Nilus Mensae, a complex region of tectonic faulting and fluid flow features.
October 7, 2019

Olympia Undae

October 7, 2019

Olympia Undae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Olympia Undae, a large dune field located near the north pole.
October 7, 2019

Sutton Island Model of Drying Lakes (Animation)

October 7, 2019

Sutton Island Model of Drying Lakes (Animation)

This animation demonstrates the salty ponds and streams that scientists think may have been left behind as Gale Crater dried out over time.
October 7, 2019

South America's Altiplano Looks Like Mars

October 7, 2019

South America's Altiplano Looks Like Mars

Filled with briny lakes, the Quisquiro salt flat in South Americas Altiplano represents the kind of landscape that scientists think may have existed in Gale Crater, which NASAs Curiosity rover is exploring.
October 4, 2019

NASA Mars 2020 Rover Separation Test

October 4, 2019

NASA Mars 2020 Rover Separation Test

In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the Mars 2020 spacecraft at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover after a test.
October 4, 2019

Ceraunius Fossae

October 4, 2019

Ceraunius Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Ceraunius Fossae. The linear depressions are fault bounded features called graben.
October 3, 2019

Preparing to Pin the Mole

October 3, 2019

Preparing to Pin the Mole

NASA InSights robotic arm will use its scoop to pin the spacecrafts heat probe, or mole, against the wall of its hole.
October 3, 2019

Mamers Valles

October 3, 2019

Mamers Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Mamers Valles. This section of the channel is in northern Arabia Terra downstream from Ismenius Cavus.
October 2, 2019

Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration)

October 2, 2019

Enceladus Organics on Grains of Ice (Illustration)

This illustration shows the process of organic compounds making their way onto ice grains emitted in plumes from Saturns moon Enceladus, where they were detected by NASAs Cassini spacecraft.
October 2, 2019

Olympia Undae

October 2, 2019

Olympia Undae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Olympia Undae. This large dune field is found near the north polar cap.
October 1, 2019

Circumlocuting Jupiter's Shadow (Animation)

October 1, 2019

Circumlocuting Jupiter's Shadow (Animation)

This animated gif depicts the point of view of NASAs Juno spacecraft during its eclipse-free approach to the gas giant Nov. 3, 2019.
October 1, 2019

Tikhonravov Crater

October 1, 2019

Tikhonravov Crater

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows one of several craters located on the floor of the much larger Tikhonravov Crater in Terra Sabaea.
September 30, 2019

Spitzer Spots Bubbles and Bow Shocks

September 30, 2019

Spitzer Spots Bubbles and Bow Shocks

This infrared image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows a cloud of gas and dust full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars.
September 30, 2019

Which Formed First?

September 30, 2019

Which Formed First?

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed channel in northern Terra Cimmeria. Two impact craters occur along the length of the channel.
September 26, 2019

Moon Shadow

September 26, 2019

Moon Shadow

Jupiters volcanically active moon Io casts its shadow on the planet in this dramatic image from NASAs Juno spacecraft.
September 26, 2019

Cerulli Crater Rim

September 26, 2019

Cerulli Crater Rim

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the Cerulli Crater rim.
September 25, 2019

Transforming Cobots (Illustration)

September 25, 2019

Transforming Cobots (Illustration)

An illustration of the small robots that form Shapeshifter. Dubbed cobots, they each have a propeller for flying and can combine to form a sphere, rolling on the ground to save energy.
September 25, 2019

Illustration of Shapeshifter on Titan's Surface

September 25, 2019

Illustration of Shapeshifter on Titan's Surface

An illustration of an early concept of Shapeshifter imagines the robots on Saturns moon Titan. In the picture, the Shapeshifter breaks into smaller pieces that can investigate a methane waterfall from the sky.

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