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Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Backshell-Powered Descent Vehicle and Entry Ve...
Prepping Perseverance Descent and Entry ComponentsPrepping Perseverance Descent and Entry Components
May 26, 2020
Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Backshell-Powered Descent Vehicle and Entry Vehicle assemblies are being prepared to be attached to the Mars Perseverance rover on May 4, 2020.
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In this test image by SHERLOC, an instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, each color represents a different mineral detected on a rock's surfa...
Mineral Map Created During a Test of SHERLOCMineral Map Created During a Test of SHERLOC
May 26, 2020
In this test image by SHERLOC, an instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover, each color represents a different mineral detected on a rock's surface.
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An engineering model of SHERLOC, one the instruments onboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Located on the end of the rover's robotic arm, SHERLOC...
Mars 2020's SHERLOC InstrumentMars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument
May 26, 2020
An engineering model of SHERLOC, one the instruments onboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Located on the end of the rover's robotic arm, SHERLOC will help determine which samples to take so that they can be sealed in metal tubes and left on the...
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Download a PDF of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter Lithograph.
Mars 2020 Rover and Helicopter LithographMars 2020 Rover and Helicopter Lithograph
May 22, 2020
Download a PDF of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter Lithograph.
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The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover into space is offloaded from an Antonov cargo plane...
Mars Rocket Arrives by AirMars Rocket Arrives by Air
May 21, 2020
The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V that will carry NASA's Perseverance rover into space is offloaded from an Antonov cargo plane at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 11, 2020.
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This animated GIF shows a NASA Wallops Flight Facility C-130 soon after landing Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 11, 2020. The cargo plane wa...
NASA Wallops Cargo Plane Helps Mars MissionNASA Wallops Cargo Plane Helps Mars Mission
May 21, 2020
This animated GIF shows a NASA Wallops Flight Facility C-130 soon after landing Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 11, 2020. The cargo plane was carrying nearly 5,000 pounds (2,270 kilograms) of mission flight hardware, test gear and equipment...
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Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory participate in a training exercise in February 2020. They reviewed images and data sent by a field t...
Scientists Training for Mars Rover OperationsScientists Training for Mars Rover Operations
May 06, 2020
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory participate in a training exercise in February 2020. They reviewed images and data sent by a field team in the Nevada desert, discussing where to send their simulated "rover" next.
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A member of a science field team operates a subsurface radar in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a practice exercise that lasted sever...
Subsurface Radar That Looks Like a Jogging StrollerSubsurface Radar That Looks Like a Jogging Stroller
May 06, 2020
A member of a science field team operates a subsurface radar in the Nevada desert in February 2020 as part of a practice exercise that lasted several days. The field team stood in for NASA's Perseverance rover, sending data to and receiving comman...
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Two members of the field team set up cameras as part of the simulated rover operation. The images they provided were intended to stand in for what ...
Cameras in the Nevada DesertCameras in the Nevada Desert
May 06, 2020
Two members of the field team set up cameras as part of the simulated rover operation. The images they provided were intended to stand in for what a rover's instruments might send back from Mars.
