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September 21, 2020

RIME Instrument en Route to JUICE

September 21, 2020

RIME Instrument en Route to JUICE

JPL engineers and technicians follow COVID-19 Safe-at-Work guidelines as they transport the RIME transmitter and electronics on Aug. 19, 2020, for shipping to the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
September 21, 2020

JUICE Mission's RIME Transmitter Exits Thermal Chamber

September 21, 2020

JUICE Mission's RIME Transmitter Exits Thermal Chamber

NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory built and shipped the receiver, transmitter, and electronics necessary to complete the radar instrument for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, set to launch in 2022.
September 21, 2020

Vibration Testing of JUICE Mission's RIME Radar Transmitter

September 21, 2020

Vibration Testing of JUICE Mission's RIME Radar Transmitter

NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory built and shipped the receiver, transmitter, and electronics necessary to complete the radar instrument for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
September 21, 2020

Jezero Crater as Seen by ESA's Mars Express Orbiter

September 21, 2020

Jezero Crater as Seen by ESA's Mars Express Orbiter

This image shows the remains of an ancient delta in Mars Jezero Crater, which NASAs Perseverance Mars rover will explore for signs of fossilized microbial life.
September 21, 2020

Sirenum Fossae

September 21, 2020

Sirenum Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Sirenum Fossae.
September 18, 2020

Enceladus in the Infrared

September 18, 2020

Enceladus in the Infrared

New composite images made from NASAs Cassini spacecraft data are the most detailed global infrared views ever produced of Saturns moon Enceladus.
September 18, 2020

Daedalia Planum

September 18, 2020

Daedalia Planum

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small part of Daedalia Planum. The lava flows originate from Arsia Mons, one of the large volcanoes in the Tharsis region.
September 17, 2020

Shalbatana Vallis

September 17, 2020

Shalbatana Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small section of Shalbatana Vallis. Located in Xanthe Terra, Shalbatana Vallis is an outflow channel carved by massive floods.
September 16, 2020

Complexity

September 16, 2020

Complexity

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a complex region of features in northern Terra Sirenum.
September 15, 2020

Tao-Rusyr Volcano, Kuril Islands

September 15, 2020

Tao-Rusyr Volcano, Kuril Islands

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Kuril Islands, a volcanic archipelago, stretching 1300 km from Hokkaido, Japan to Kamchatka, Russia.
September 15, 2020

NASA's UAVSAR Flights Observe California Fires

September 15, 2020

NASA's UAVSAR Flights Observe California Fires

A NASA aircraft equipped with Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) flew above California fires on Sept. 3 and 10 to examine the ground below.
September 15, 2020

Going Downhill

September 15, 2020

Going Downhill

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows several channels located in Terra Sabaea.
September 14, 2020

NASA's AIRS Instrument Monitors Carbon Monoxide From California Wildfires

September 14, 2020

NASA's AIRS Instrument Monitors Carbon Monoxide From California Wildfires

This visualization shows a three-day average of carbon monoxide concentrations, from Sept. 6 to14, in the atmosphere over California due to wildfires. Higher concentrations of the gas appear as red and orange regions.
September 14, 2020

Perseverance Twin Raises Its Mast

September 14, 2020

Perseverance Twin Raises Its Mast

The full-scale engineering model of NASAs Perseverance rover raises its head, or remote sensing mast, at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 14, 2020

Perseverance Twin Drives Into the Mars Yard

September 14, 2020

Perseverance Twin Drives Into the Mars Yard

The full-scale engineering model of NASAs Perseverance rover has put some dirt on its wheels at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 14, 2020

Sabis and Minio Valles

September 14, 2020

Sabis and Minio Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the extensive channel system that includes parts of both Sabis Vallis and Minio Vallis.
September 11, 2020

Daedalia Planum

September 11, 2020

Daedalia Planum

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of the immense lava flows that originated from Arsia Mons.
September 10, 2020

Lava Flows

September 10, 2020

Lava Flows

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a very small portion of the extensive lava flows of the Tharsis volcanic complex.
September 9, 2020

Asteroid Bennu's Particle Ejection Events (Animation)

September 9, 2020

Asteroid Bennu's Particle Ejection Events (Animation)

Using data collected by NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission, this animation shows the trajectories of rock particles after being ejected from asteroid (101955) Bennus surface.
September 9, 2020

Her Desher Vallis

September 9, 2020

Her Desher Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Her Desher Vallis. This channel is located in Noachis Terra. Her Desher is the Egyptian word for Mars.
September 8, 2020

NASA's ECOSTRESS Takes Surface Temperature Around California Fires

September 8, 2020

NASA's ECOSTRESS Takes Surface Temperature Around California Fires

On Sept. 6, NASAs ECOSTRESS imaged active fires across California, including the El Dorado fire near Yucaipa and the Valley fire in Japatul Valley in the southern part of the state.
September 8, 2020

Sirenum Fossae

September 8, 2020

Sirenum Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Sirenum Fossae. The linear depressions were created by tectonic forces stretching the surface.
September 7, 2020

Daedalia Planum

September 7, 2020

Daedalia Planum

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a small part of Daedalia Planum. The lava flows originate from Arsia Mons, one of the large volcanoes in the Tharsis region.
September 4, 2020

Test Rover Moves to Mars Yard

September 4, 2020

Test Rover Moves to Mars Yard

Technicians move an engineering version of the Perseverance Mars rover into to its new home in the Mars Yard, part of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 4, 2020

Perseverance Test Rover's First Drive

September 4, 2020

Perseverance Test Rover's First Drive

Engineers test drive the Earth-bound twin of NASAs Perseverance Mars rover for the first time in a warehouselike assembly room at the agencys Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
September 4, 2020

Gale Crater

September 4, 2020

Gale Crater

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Gale Crater, home to the Curiosity Rover since August of 2012.
September 3, 2020

A Microphone for Mars

September 3, 2020

A Microphone for Mars

The Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) microphone can be seen mounted to the top of a black-painted cable bracket in this image taken of the port-side of NASAs Perseverance Mars rover. Image taken on Nov. 16, 2019.
September 3, 2020

Port Side of Perseverance

September 3, 2020

Port Side of Perseverance

This image taken on Nov. 16, 2019, at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, captures the port side of NASAs Perseverance rover.
September 3, 2020

10 Days of Perseverance

September 3, 2020

10 Days of Perseverance

NASAs Perseverance rover undergoes a 10-day test in the Spacecraft Assembly Facilitys High Bay 1 at JPL. The image was taken on Nov. 16, 2019.
September 3, 2020

Olympica Fossae

September 3, 2020

Olympica Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Olympica Fossae, a complex channel located on the volcanic plains between Alba Mons and Olympus Mons.
September 2, 2020

NASA Instrument Tracks Power Plant Methane Emissions

September 2, 2020

NASA Instrument Tracks Power Plant Methane Emissions

These three images show concentrations of methane in a natural gas plume relative to background air measured by AVIRIS-NG, overlaid on true-color land surface images.
September 2, 2020

Terra Cimmeria Channel

September 2, 2020

Terra Cimmeria Channel

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of an unnamed channel in northern Terra Cimmeria.

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