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March 25, 2020

Auqakuh Vallis

March 25, 2020

Auqakuh Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a channel called Auqakuh Vallis and is located in northern Terra Sabaea.
March 10, 2020

Salta Province, Argentina

March 10, 2020

Salta Province, Argentina

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows that in northern Argentinas Salta province, the chaco forests, made up of shrubs and hardwood trees, once thrived in the region.
March 6, 2020

NASA's OCO-2 Instrument Measures Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

March 6, 2020

NASA's OCO-2 Instrument Measures Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

A spatial map of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) below NASAs Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite as it flew over Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2018.
March 2, 2020

Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico

March 2, 2020

Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Popocatepetl, Mexicos most active volcano, erupted on February 23, sending blocks and bombs down the volcanos flanks, and emitting an ash column 1 km above the summit.
February 25, 2020

Mars Sample Return Orbiting Sample Container Concept Model

February 25, 2020

Mars Sample Return Orbiting Sample Container Concept Model

This image shows a concept model of NASAs orbiting sample container, which will hold tubes of Martian rock and soil samples that will be returned to Earth through a Mars sample return campaign.
February 24, 2020

Lake Mashu, Japan

February 24, 2020

Lake Mashu, Japan

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Japans Lake Mashu on Hokkaido Island, one of the clearest lakes in the world.
February 21, 2020

Robotic Arm Pushes on a Model of the Mole

February 21, 2020

Robotic Arm Pushes on a Model of the Mole

This test using an engineering model of the InSight lander here on Earth shows how the spacecraft on Mars will use its robotic arm to press on a digging device, called the mole.
February 13, 2020

Niepolmice Forest, Poland

February 13, 2020

Niepolmice Forest, Poland

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Niepolmice Forest in Poland, consisting of six nature reserves.
February 12, 2020

Pale Blue Dot Revisited

February 12, 2020

Pale Blue Dot Revisited

This image shows an updated version of the iconic Pale Blue Dot image taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
February 10, 2020

Mars Sample Return Lander With Solar Panels Deployed (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Mars Sample Return Lander With Solar Panels Deployed (Artist's Concept)

This illustration of a Mars sample return missions lander concept shows a spacecraft after touchdown on the Red Planet.
February 10, 2020

Mars Ascent Vehicle Deploying Sample Container in Orbit (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Mars Ascent Vehicle Deploying Sample Container in Orbit (Artist's Concept)

This illustration shows a concept for a Mars Ascent Vehicle releasing a sample container high above the Martian surface.
February 10, 2020

Mars Ascent Vehicle Launching with Samples (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Mars Ascent Vehicle Launching with Samples (Artist's Concept)

This illustration shows a concept of how the NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle could be launched from the surface of Mars in one step of the Mars sample return mission.
February 10, 2020

Robotic Arm Transferring Tubes From Fetch Rover to Lander (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Robotic Arm Transferring Tubes From Fetch Rover to Lander (Artist's Concept)

In this illustration of a Mars sample return mission concept, a robotic arm transfers samples of Martian rock and soil from a fetch rover onto a lander.
February 10, 2020

Mars Sample Return Lander Touchdown (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Mars Sample Return Lander Touchdown (Artist's Concept)

In this illustration of a Mars sample return mission concept, a lander carrying a fetch rover touches down on the surface of Mars.
February 10, 2020

Fetch Rover Approaching Sample Tubes (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Fetch Rover Approaching Sample Tubes (Artist's Concept)

This illustration shows a concept of what a rover fetching rock and soil samples on Mars for return to Earth could look like.
February 10, 2020

Mars 2020 Collecting Sample (Artist's Concept)

February 10, 2020

Mars 2020 Collecting Sample (Artist's Concept)

In this illustration, NASAs Mars 2020 rover uses its drill to core a rock sample on Mars.
February 4, 2020

The ECOSTRESS Mission Spots Plants as They Wake Up

February 4, 2020

The ECOSTRESS Mission Spots Plants as They Wake Up

NASAs ECOSTRESS sensor shows plants waking up near Lake Superior. The data was acquired by ECOSTRESS during the summer season.
February 3, 2020

Gorj Province, Romania

February 3, 2020

Gorj Province, Romania

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows southwest Romania where the rivers draining the Transylvanian Alps have incised the rough topography of the foothills.
January 30, 2020

Auqakuh Vallis

January 30, 2020

Auqakuh Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a channel called Auqakuh Vallis.
January 29, 2020

Payun Volcanoes, Argentina

January 29, 2020

Payun Volcanoes, Argentina

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Payun Matru, a large shield volcano capped by a caldera, located in the Andean Volcanic Belt in Argentina.
January 27, 2020

Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 3-Color Image

January 27, 2020

Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 3-Color Image

This image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in infrared light.
January 27, 2020

Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 2-Color Image

January 27, 2020

Tarantula Nebula Spitzer 2-Color Image

This image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in two wavelengths of infrared light, each represented by a different color.
January 24, 2020

Deep Motion

January 24, 2020

Deep Motion

NASAs Juno spacecraft captured this view of a chaotic, stormy area of the planets northern hemisphere known as a folded filamentary region.
January 16, 2020

Dunes Frozen in Time

January 16, 2020

Dunes Frozen in Time

This image, acquired on December 1, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows large dunes slowly being eroded and disappearing, replaced by smaller structures of scalloped sand.
January 16, 2020

Arsia Mons Summit

January 16, 2020

Arsia Mons Summit

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a large volcanic crater, known as a caldera, located at the summit of all of the Tharsis volcanoes.
January 15, 2020

ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes

January 15, 2020

ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes

NASAs ARIA team mapped damage in southwestern Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude quake and hundreds of aftershocks. Guanica, west of the city of Ponce, was particularly hard-hit.
January 10, 2020

Puerto Rico Quake Damage Visible From Space

January 10, 2020

Puerto Rico Quake Damage Visible From Space

This map shows ground changes, or displacement, on the eastern two-thirds of Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake.
January 8, 2020

Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico

January 8, 2020

Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, in the northern Mexican state of Cohuilla.
January 6, 2020

TOI 700 Artists' Illustration

January 6, 2020

TOI 700 Artists' Illustration

This illustration shows TOI 700, a planetary system 100 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.
December 19, 2019

Perseus Molecular Cloud

December 19, 2019

Perseus Molecular Cloud

NASAs Spitzer Space telescope shows a collection of gas and dust over 500 light-years across, the Perseus Molecular Cloud, hosts an abundance of young stars.
December 18, 2019

Mars 2020 Rover Is Roving

December 18, 2019

Mars 2020 Rover Is Roving

In a clean room at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, engineers observed the first driving test for NASAs Mars 2020 rover on Dec. 17, 2019.
December 16, 2019

Mars 2020 Makes Tracks for the Red Planet in the Mars Yard

December 16, 2019

Mars 2020 Makes Tracks for the Red Planet in the Mars Yard

An engineering model of NASAs Mars 2020 rover makes tracks during a driving test in the Mars Yard, at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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