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December 11, 2017

Great Red Spot Rotation (animation)

December 11, 2017

Great Red Spot Rotation (animation)

This image is from a simulation of the motion of clouds in Jupiter's Great Red Spot by applying a wind movement model to a mosaic of NASA's JunoCam images.
October 9, 2017

Circles and Hexagons

October 9, 2017

Circles and Hexagons

This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn's cloud belts moving around the planet in a circular path with the wandering, hexagon-shaped polar jet stream breaking the mold. The Cassini spacecraft ended its mission on Sept. 15, 2017.
September 15, 2017

A Last Look at Titan

September 15, 2017

A Last Look at Titan

As it glanced around the Saturn system one final time, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this view of the planet's giant moon Titan. These views were obtained by Cassini on Sept. 13, 2017. They are among the last images Cassini sent back to Earth.
September 7, 2017

Colorful Structure at Fine Scales

September 7, 2017

Colorful Structure at Fine Scales

This image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one the highest-resolution color images of any part of Saturn's rings, to date, showing a portion of the inner-central part of the planet's B Ring.
September 6, 2017

First Official Pluto Feature Names

September 6, 2017

First Official Pluto Feature Names

This image from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft shows an overlay of the first official Pluto feature names.
September 6, 2017

Staggering Structure

September 6, 2017

Staggering Structure

This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a wave structure in Saturn's rings known as the Janus 2:1 spiral density wave.
August 25, 2017

Neptune from Saturn

August 25, 2017

Neptune from Saturn

On Aug. 25, 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 made its historic flyby of Neptune and that planet's largest moon Triton. The Cassini mission is publishing this image to celebrate the anniversary of that event.
July 31, 2017

Voyager in Deep Space (Artist Concept)

July 31, 2017

Voyager in Deep Space (Artist Concept)

This artist concept shows NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft, celebrating 40 years of continual operation in August and September 2017.
July 14, 2017

Soaring over Pluto

July 14, 2017

Soaring over Pluto

The dramatic Pluto flyover begins over the highlands to the southwest of the great expanse of nitrogen ice plain informally named Sputnik Planitia, as seen by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 1 Launch

July 5, 2017

Voyager 1 Launch

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida on September 5, 1977, at 8:56 a.m. local time.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 1 Launch

July 5, 2017

Voyager 1 Launch

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida on September 5, 1977, at 8:56 a.m. local time.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Launch

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Launch

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-7 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on August 20, 1977, at 10:29 a.m. local time.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Launch

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Launch

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-7 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on August 20, 1977, at 10:29 a.m. local time.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Encapsulation

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Encapsulation

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which was the first of the two Voyagers to launch, is seen at the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in August 1977.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Preparing for Launch

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Preparing for Launch

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, encapsulated within its payload fairing, is seen on August 5, 1977.
July 5, 2017

Voyager: Preparing the Golden Record

July 5, 2017

Voyager: Preparing the Golden Record

NASA's Voyager 1 Golden Record is prepared for installation on the spacecraft.
July 5, 2017

Voyager: Installing the Golden Record

July 5, 2017

Voyager: Installing the Golden Record

Engineers secure the cover over NASA's Voyager 1 Golden Record in 1977.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 1's Launch Vehicle

July 5, 2017

Voyager 1's Launch Vehicle

The Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle was moved to Launch Complex 41 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete checkout procedures in preparation for launch.
July 5, 2017

Voyager in Florida

July 5, 2017

Voyager in Florida

This archival photo shows engineers working with the deployed magnetometer boom of one of NASA's Voyager spacecraft in Florida on June 17, 1977.
July 5, 2017

Voyager Testing

July 5, 2017

Voyager Testing

This image shows one of NASA's Voyagers in the 25-foot space simulator chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. The photo is dated April 27, 1977.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Testing

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Testing

This archival photo shows engineers working on NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft on March 23, 1977.
July 5, 2017

Voyager Test Model Configuration

July 5, 2017

Voyager Test Model Configuration

This archival photo shows NASA's Voyager proof test model, which did not fly in space, in the 25-foot space simulator chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on December 3, 1976.
July 5, 2017

Voyager Test Model Configuration

July 5, 2017

Voyager Test Model Configuration

This archival photo shows NASA's Voyager proof test model, which did not fly in space, in the 25-foot space simulator chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on December 3, 1976.
July 5, 2017

Voyager: Vibration Acoustics and Pyro Shock Testing

July 5, 2017

Voyager: Vibration Acoustics and Pyro Shock Testing

An engineer works on vibration acoustics and pyro shock testing for one of NASA's Voyager spacecraft on November 18, 1976. Several of the spacecraft's science instruments are visible at left.
July 5, 2017

Voyager Testing: 1976

July 5, 2017

Voyager Testing: 1976

This archival photo shows engineers working on vibration acoustics and pyro shock testing of NASA's Voyager on November 18, 1976.
July 5, 2017

Voyager Development Test Model

July 5, 2017

Voyager Development Test Model

This archival photo shows the encapsulation of NASA's Voyager Development Test Model at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Eastern Test Range. The picture was taken on October 8, 1976.
July 5, 2017

Voyager Development Test Model

July 5, 2017

Voyager Development Test Model

This archival photo shows the encapsulation of NASA's Voyager Development Test Model at NASA's Kennedy Space Center's Eastern Test Range. The picture was taken on October 8, 1976.
July 5, 2017

Voyager: System Test Configuration

July 5, 2017

Voyager: System Test Configuration

This archival photo shows the system test configuration for NASA's Voyager on October 1, 1976. The spacecraft's 10-sided bus is visible behind the catwalk railing in the foreground.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Encapsulation

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Encapsulation

This archival photo shows NASA's Voyager 2 at the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 in Launch Vehicle

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 in Launch Vehicle

NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, encapsulated within its payload fairing, is seen in August 1977, as it was being hoisted upward for attachment to its launch vehicle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Flight Hardware

July 5, 2017

Voyager 2 Flight Hardware

This archival photo shows NASA's Voyager proof test model, which did not fly in space, in the 25-foot space simulator chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
July 5, 2017

Voyager: Antenna Dish Construction

July 5, 2017

Voyager: Antenna Dish Construction

This archival photo shows an engineer working on the construction of a large, dish-shaped, high-gain antenna on NASA's Voyager. The picture was taken on July 9, 1976.

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