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Artist's Concept of Mars 2020 Rover, Annotated
Planning for NASA's 2020 Mars rover envisions a basic structure that capitalizes on re-using the design and engineering work done for the NASA rover Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, but with new science instruments selected through competition for accomplishing different science objectives with the 2020 mission.
July 9, 2013
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Scientific Process for Detecting Past Mars Life
Seeking signs of past life on Mars would be a multi-step process, according to the Science Definition Team for NASA's Mars 2020 mission.
July 9, 2013
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Creating a Returnable Cache of Martian Samples
This shows one prototype for hardware to cache samples of cores drilled from Martian rocks for possible future return to Earth.
July 9, 2013
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The Importance of Nested Scales of Observations, Fine Scales
These two images illustrate the value of being able to identify different compositions at very small scales.
July 9, 2013
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The Importance of Nested Scales of Observations, Large Scales
Observations at large scales, such as panoramas of Martian landscapes, help researchers identify smaller-scale features of special interest for examination in more detail.
July 9, 2013
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Artist's Concept of Mars 2020 Rover
Planning for NASA's 2020 Mars rover envisions a basic structure that capitalizes on the design and engineering work done for the NASA rover Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, but with new science instruments selected through competition for accomplishing different science objectives.
July 9, 2013
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Rover Sketch, Artist's Concept
This artist's sketch is loosely based on the Curiosity rover in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Mission planners would potentially leverage aspects of this rover design for a Mars mission designed to launch in 2020.
January 24, 2013
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Mars Rover Artist's Concept
This artist's concept is loosely based on the Curiosity rover in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. Mission planners would potentially leverage aspects of this rover design for a Mars mission designed to launch in 2020.
January 24, 2013
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Curiosity's Sky Crane Maneuver, Artist's Concept
This artist's concept shows the sky crane maneuver during the descent of NASA's Curiosity rover to the Martian surface.
October 3, 2011
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Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft During Cruise, Artist's Concept
This is an artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft during its cruise phase between launch and final approach to Mars.
October 3, 2011
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Curiosity Launch Vehicle, Artist's Concept
This is an artist concept of the Atlas V541 launch vehicle that will carry NASA's Curiosity rover on its way to Mars.
October 3, 2011
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Tracks of a Giant
The giant, 70-meter-wide antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., tracks a spacecraft on Nov. 17, 2009.
August 25, 2010
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The Goldstone antenna
The image shows a very tall, wide, dish-shaped device that is about three times as wide and as tall as the two-story dome that supports it. Four metal ladderlike extensions form a pyramidal structure topped by a box-like frame used for transmission and reception. The entire array is pointed skyward. In the background is a partly cloudy, blue sky above sagebrush-covered desert hills.
February 16, 2009
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Goldstone Antenna
The 70m antenna at Goldstone, California against the background of the Mojave desert.
February 1, 2004
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Global Color Views of Mars
About 1000 Viking Orbiter red- and violet-filter images have been processed to provide global color coverage of Mars at a scale of 1 km/pixel.
June 8, 1998
