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October 27, 2020

Perseverance Rover at Halfway Point

October 27, 2020

Perseverance Rover at Halfway Point

NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance rover reached its halfway point — 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) — on its journey to Jezero Crater on Oct. 27, 2020, at 1:40 p.m. PDT (4:40 EDT).
October 27, 2020

Mars 2020 Spacecraft Mid-Cruise (Illustration)

October 27, 2020

Mars 2020 Spacecraft Mid-Cruise (Illustration)

This illustration of the Mars 2020 spacecraft in interplanetary space was generated using imagery from NASAs Eyes on the Solar System. The image is from the missions midway point between Earth and Mars.
October 27, 2020

Jovian Sprite (Illustration)

October 27, 2020

Jovian Sprite (Illustration)

The lightning phenomenon known as a sprite depicted at Jupiter in this illustration. Jupiters hydrogen-rich atmosphere would likely make them appear blue. In Earths upper atmosphere, the presence of nitrogen gives them a reddish color.
October 20, 2020

Ancient Jezero Crater (Illustration)

October 20, 2020

Ancient Jezero Crater (Illustration)

This illustration shows Jezero Crater as it may have looked billions of years go on Mars, when it was a lake. An inlet and outlet are also visible on either side of the lake.
October 19, 2020

Gravity Wave Detectors

October 19, 2020

Gravity Wave Detectors

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows three super-sensitive gravitational wave-detection systems in America and Europe. The two American LIGO systems are located near Livingston, LA and near Hanford, WA. The European VIRGO system is located near Pisa, Italy.
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 16, 2020

Replica of InSight's Arm Practices Scraping

October 16, 2020

Replica of InSight's Arm Practices Scraping

This footage from Aug. 19, 2019, shows a replica of InSight scraping soil with a scoop on the end of its robotic arm in a test lab at JPL. On Mars, InSight will scrape and tamp down soil on top of the mole to help it dig.
October 16, 2020

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich processing

October 16, 2020

Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich processing

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite undergoes final preparations in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for an early November launch.
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

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 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 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 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.
September 24, 2020

Aldan, Siberia, Russia

September 24, 2020

Aldan, Siberia, Russia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Aldan, the administrative center of the Aldansky District in Siberia, Russia. It was founded in 1923 after discovery of rich gold and uranium deposits.
September 23, 2020

OASIS Study Project (Illustration)

September 23, 2020

OASIS Study Project (Illustration)

The OASIS project seeks to study fresh water aquifers in the desert as well as ice sheets in places like Greenland. This illustration shows what a satellite with a proposed radar instrument for the mission could look like.
September 23, 2020

Cyclones of Color at Jupiter's North Pole

September 23, 2020

Cyclones of Color at Jupiter's North Pole

Cyclones at the north pole of Jupiter appear as swirls of striking colors in this extreme false color rendering of an image from NASAs Juno mission.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1, 2020

ASTER Gets a Birdseye View of the Carmel and River Fire Burn Areas

September 1, 2020

ASTER Gets a Birdseye View of the Carmel and River Fire Burn Areas

Captured by the ASTER instrument aboard NASAs Terra satellite, this false-color map shows the burn area of the River and Carmel fires in Monterey County, California.
August 27, 2020

NASA's ECOSTRESS Sees Fire-Induced Tornado From Space

August 27, 2020

NASA's ECOSTRESS Sees Fire-Induced Tornado From Space

This ECOSTRESS has imaged a temperature profile of an area surrounding a fire-induced tornado in Loyalton, California.

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