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This graphic provides an oblique view of Mars’ Jezero crater -- looking west above the crater floor.
Angle on Jezero Crater (Illustration)Angle on Jezero Crater (Illustration)
January 27, 2021
This graphic provides an oblique view of Mars’ Jezero crater -- looking west above the crater floor.
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In this illustration, NASA’s Perseverance rover explores Mars’ Jezero Crater. The 28-mile-wide (45-kilometers-wide) crater is the locat...
Exploring Majestic Jezero Crater (Illustration)Exploring Majestic Jezero Crater (Illustration)
January 27, 2021
In this illustration, NASA’s Perseverance rover explores Mars’ Jezero Crater. The 28-mile-wide (45-kilometers-wide) crater is the location of an ancient lake.
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An Ingenuity team member inspects NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in one of the space simulation chambers at the agency’s Jet Propulsi...
Bottom of Ingenuity Mars HelicopterBottom of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
January 20, 2021
An Ingenuity team member inspects NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in one of the space simulation chambers at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
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The engineering model (EM), an almost identical twin of MOXIE, is used for testing in the lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Cali...
MOXIE Twin During TestingMOXIE Twin During Testing
January 19, 2021
The engineering model (EM), an almost identical twin of MOXIE, is used for testing in the lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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This engineering model of Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument is about to undergo vibration testing in a lab at ...
MOXIE Shakes it UPMOXIE Shakes it UP
January 19, 2021
This engineering model of Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument is about to undergo vibration testing in a lab at the JPL.
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In this image, the gold-plated Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) Instrument shines after being installed inside the Perse...
MOXIE All Tucked InMOXIE All Tucked In
January 19, 2021
In this image, the gold-plated Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) Instrument shines after being installed inside the Perseverance rover.
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The white circle near the center of this image of Mars represents the location where NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to land on Feb. 18...
Perseverance Rover Landing Ellipse in Jezero CraterPerseverance Rover Landing Ellipse in Jezero Crater
January 05, 2021
The white circle near the center of this image of Mars represents the location where NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to land on Feb. 18, 2021.
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The target landing area of NASA’s Perseverance rover is overlaid on this image of its landing site on Mars, Jezero Crater. The larger landing...
Zeroing in on the TargetZeroing in on the Target
January 05, 2021
The target landing area of NASA’s Perseverance rover is overlaid on this image of its landing site on Mars, Jezero Crater. The larger landing ellipses of several other Mars missions are shown for comparison.
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A technician working on the Mars 2020 mission takes a sample from the surface of sample tube 241 – to test for contamination. The image was t...
Sampling Mars 2020 Sample Tube 241Sampling Mars 2020 Sample Tube 241
December 22, 2020
A technician working on the Mars 2020 mission takes a sample from the surface of sample tube 241 – to test for contamination. The image was taken in a clean room facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where the tubes were developed an...
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Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong works with an Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container during a lunar surface simulation training exercise in Buildi...
Armstrong and Rock BoxArmstrong and Rock Box
December 22, 2020
Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong works with an Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container during a lunar surface simulation training exercise in Building 9, Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas.
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A tray holding 39 sample tubes – each protected in a gold-colored sheath – is installed in NASA's Perseverance rover in this picture ta...
Installing Perseverance's Sample TubesInstalling Perseverance's Sample Tubes
December 22, 2020
A tray holding 39 sample tubes – each protected in a gold-colored sheath – is installed in NASA's Perseverance rover in this picture taken at the agency's Kennedy Space Center on May 21, 2020.
