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March 25, 2020

GIF of Uranus' Magnetic Field

March 25, 2020

GIF of Uranus' Magnetic Field

An animated GIF showing Uranus magnetic field.
March 4, 2020

NASA's Deep Space Antenna Upgrade to Affect Voyager

March 4, 2020

NASA's Deep Space Antenna Upgrade to Affect Voyager

DSS43 is a 70-meter-wide (230-feet-wide) radio antenna at the Deep Space Networks Canberra facility in Australia.
February 12, 2020

Voyager 1 Perspective for Family Portrait

February 12, 2020

Voyager 1 Perspective for Family Portrait

This simulated view approximates Voyager 1s perspective when it took its final series of images known as the Family Portrait of the Solar System.
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.
December 23, 2019

High Bay 1 in JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility

December 23, 2019

High Bay 1 in JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility

The High Bay 1 clean room within the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at JPL is seen in this image taken on Nov. 12, 2019. The Mars 2020 rover is visible just above center.
September 12, 2019

A Storm of Change

September 12, 2019

A Storm of Change

NASAs Juno spacecraft shows Jupiters iconic Great Red Spot, a storm that has been raging since at least the 1800s.
December 10, 2018

Voyager 2 and the Scale of the Solar System (Artist Concept)

December 10, 2018

Voyager 2 and the Scale of the Solar System (Artist Concept)

This artists concept puts solar system distances -- and the travels of NASAs Voyager 2 spacecraft -- in perspective.
December 10, 2018

Several Signs Pointing to Interstellar Space

December 10, 2018

Several Signs Pointing to Interstellar Space

This set of graphs illustrates how data from two key instruments -- the plasma science experiment and cosmic ray subsystem -- point to NASAs Voyager 2 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between the stars, in November 2018.
December 10, 2018

Changes in the Plasma Environment in Three Directions

December 10, 2018

Changes in the Plasma Environment in Three Directions

This image shows a set of graphs illustrating the drop in electrical current detected in three directions by Voyager 2s plasma science experiment (PLS) to background levels.
December 10, 2018

Voyager 2 CRS Data

December 10, 2018

Voyager 2 CRS Data

This image shows graphs comparing data from identical instruments onboard NASAs Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft as they each exited the heliosphere.
December 10, 2018

Voyager 2: Hello Interstellar Space, Goodbye Heliosphere

December 10, 2018

Voyager 2: Hello Interstellar Space, Goodbye Heliosphere

At the end of 2018, the cosmic ray subsystem aboard NASAs Voyager 2 spacecraft provided evidence that Voyager 2 had left the heliosphere.
December 10, 2018

Voyager 2 Spacecraft Instruments

December 10, 2018

Voyager 2 Spacecraft Instruments

This illustration of NASAs Voyager 2 spacecraft shows the location of the onboard science instruments that are still operating.
December 10, 2018

Two Interstellar Travelers

December 10, 2018

Two Interstellar Travelers

This graphic shows the position of NASAs Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, outside of the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto.
October 3, 2018

Voyager Probes Heliosphere Chart

October 3, 2018

Voyager Probes Heliosphere Chart

This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto.
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.

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