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Monitoring the Mars Helicopter
Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung and Bob Balaram of NASA’s Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test.
March 28, 2019
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Mars Helicopter Prototype
This image depicts the demonstration vehicle used to prove that controlled, and sustained flight is feasible in a Martian atmosphere.
March 28, 2019
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This Helicopter is Going to Mars
More than 1,500 individual pieces of carbon fiber, flight-grade aluminum, silicon, copper, foil and foam go into a Mars Helicopter.
March 28, 2019
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Composing Mars Helicopter
Members of NASA’s Mars Helicopter team attach a thermal film enclosure to the fuselage of the flight model (the actual vehicle going to the Red Planet).
March 28, 2019
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Mars Helicopter Team Prepares for Test
Members of NASA’s Mars Helicopter team prepare the flight model (vehicle going to Mars) for a test in the Space Simulator.
March 28, 2019
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Inspecting Mars Helicopter
Members of the NASA Mars Helicopter team inspect the flight model (the actual vehicle going to the Red Planet), inside the Space Simulator.
March 28, 2019
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Handling Mars Helicopter
Members of the NASA Mars Helicopter team attach a thermal film to the exterior of the flight model of the Mars Helicopter.
March 28, 2019
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Working Mars Helicopter
NASA Mars Helicopter team members work the flight model (the vehicle going to Mars) in the Space Simulator.
March 28, 2019
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Portrait of NASA's Mars Helicopter
This image of the flight model of NASA’s Mars Helicopter was taken on Feb. 14, 2019, in a cleanroom at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
March 28, 2019
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Mars 2020 System Test 1
Technicians working Mars 2020’s System’s Test 1 approach their workstation in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
March 19, 2019
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Lonely Vigil
With the backshell that will help protect the Mars 2020 rover during its descent into the Martian atmosphere visible in the foreground, a technician on the project monitors the progress of Systems Test 1.
March 19, 2019
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Mars 2020 Target: Jezero Crater
An animated flyover of the Martian surface explains why Mars’ Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide ancient lake-delta system, is the best place for Mars 2020 to find and collect promising samples for a possible future return to Earth.
December 13, 2018
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The Evolution of a Martian
This artist's illustration shows NASA's four successful Mars rovers (from left to right): Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, and Curiosity. The image also shows the upcoming Mars 2020 rover and a human explorer.
November 21, 2018
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SMD Spacecraft Fleet
NASA Science missions circle Earth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars and many other destinations within our solar system, including spacecraft that look out even further into our universe. The Science Fleet depicts the scope of NASA's activity and how our missions have traveled throughout the solar system.
November 21, 2018
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Entry, Descent, and Landing System
The Mars 2020 spacecraft follows an entry, descent, landing process similar to that used in landing the Mars rover, Curiosity.
November 19, 2018
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Mars 2020's Final Four
This Mars map depicts the final four locations under consideration for the landing site of Mars 2020.
November 19, 2018
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ASPIRE Separates from Booster
In this image, the second stage of the Black Brant IX sounding rocket separates from the ASPIRE payload. The third and final flight test of the ASPIRE payload was launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Sept. 7, 2018.
October 26, 2018
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ASPIRE Parachute
This high-definition image was taken on Sept. 7, 2018, during the third and final test flight of the ASPIRE payload. It was the fastest inflation of this size parachute in history and created a peak load of almost 70,000 pounds of force.
October 26, 2018
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Measuring Up
JPL mechanical technician Eddie Castro uses a paint meter to measure the paint thickness on the Mars 2020 rover chassis.
October 9, 2018
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Mars Helicopter (Artist's Concept)
This artist concept shows the Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, which will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
May 25, 2018
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Mars Helicopter
The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
May 11, 2018
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JPL Tech Works Mars 2020 Descent Stage
A technician works on the descent stage for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission inside JPL’s Spacecraft Assembly Facility. Mars 2020 is slated to carry NASA’s next Mars rover to the Red Planet in July of 2020.
March 13, 2018
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Cleaning a Martian Meteorite
A slice of a meteorite scientists have determined came from Mars placed inside an oxygen plasma cleaner, which removes organics from the outside of surfaces. This slice will likely be used here on Earth for testing a laser instrument for NASA's Mars 2020 rover; a separate slice will go to Mars on the rover.
February 13, 2018
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Close-up of a Mars Meteorite
Close-up of a slice of a meteorite scientists have determined came from Mars. This slice will likely be used here on Earth for testing a laser instrument for NASA's Mars 2020 rover; a separate slice will go to Mars on the rover.
February 13, 2018
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A Martian Meteorite for Mars 2020
Rohit Bhartia of NASA's Mars 2020 mission holds a slice of a meteorite scientists have determined came from Mars. This slice will likely be used here on Earth for testing a laser instrument for NASA's Mars 2020 rover; a separate slice will go to Mars on the rover.
February 13, 2018
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #1 (Updated)
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars.
November 17, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #7
NASA's Mars 2020 rover looks at the horizon in this artist's concept.
November 17, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #6
This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying its surroundings.
November 17, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #5
This artist's concept shows a close-up of NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying an outcrop.
November 17, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #4
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars.
November 17, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #3
This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying rocks with its robotic arm.
November 17, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #2
This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying a Mars rock outrcrop.
November 17, 2017
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Launch of Mars 2020 Parachute Test Number One
A 58-foot-tall Black Brant IX sounding rocket launches from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Oct. 4. This was the first test of the Mars 2020 mission's parachute-testing series, the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment, or ASPIRE.
November 14, 2017
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Mastcam-Z model
This image shows a 3-D printed model of Mastcam-Z, one of the science cameras on NASA's Mars 2020 rover. Mastcam-Z will include a 3:1 zoom lens.
October 31, 2017
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Hazcam Prototype
This image shows one of the enhanced engineering cameras with a prototype lens for the Hazcams, which will watch for obstacles encountered by NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
October 31, 2017
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Cameras on Mars 2020 Rover
This image presents a selection of the 23 cameras on NASA's 2020 Mars rover. Many are improved versions of the cameras on the Curiosity rover, with a few new additions as well.
October 31, 2017
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Mars 2020 CacheCam Sample Tube
This is the top-down view into a sample tube is the type of image CacheCam provides to the Mars 2020 team.
July 11, 2017
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Testing Mars 2020's Engineering Cameras
The left view is a sample view of a pile of rocks taken in the "Mars Yard" testing area at JPL. The right picture illustrates one way the camera data can be used to reveal the contours of a target from a distance.
May 23, 2017
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #1
This artist concept features NASA's Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars.
May 22, 2017
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Mars 2020 Rover - Artist's Concept
This artist's rendering depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover, with its robotic arm extended.
January 10, 2017
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Test of Lander Vision System for Mars 2020
A prototype of the Lander Vision System for NASA's Mars 2020 mission was tested in this Dec. 9, 2014, flight of a Masten Space Systems "Xombie" vehicle at Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
October 4, 2016
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Artist Concept for RIMFAX
This artist concept shows the location of the RIMFAX instrument on the next rover scheduled to launch for Mars.
August 2, 2016
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Range trigger shrinks landing ellipse for Mars 2020 rover
The Range Trigger technique shrinks the Mars 2020 rovers landing ellipse significantly, landing the rover closer to the target area of greatest scientific interest. This example shows Mars 2020's ellipse in relationship to Mars rover Curiosity's landing ellipse. Mars 2020 will be landing in a different location.
July 18, 2016
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Mars 2020's MOXIE Laboratory and Principal Investigator
The MOXIE investigation on NASA's Mars 2020 rover will extract oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. In this image, MOXIE Principal Investigator Michael Hecht, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, is in the MOXIE laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
July 15, 2016
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Computer-Design Drawing for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover
This 2016 image comes from computer-assisted-design work on NASA's 2020 Mars rover. The design leverages many successful features of NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars in 2012, but it adds new science instruments and a sampling system to carry out the new goals for the 2020 mission
July 15, 2016
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NASA to Launch Mars Rover in 2020
NASA's Mars 2020 Project will re-use the basic engineering of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity to send a different rover to Mars, with new objectives and instruments. This view depicts the top of the 2020 rover's mast.
July 14, 2016
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Destination: Mars With Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin, an Apollo 11 astronaut who walked on the moon, makes a holographic appearance in 'Destination: Mars,' a mixed-reality tour of a part of Mars that NASA's Curiosity rover has explored.
March 30, 2016
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Women in Science
Women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pose for a photo in mission control in honor of Women in Science Day.
February 12, 2016
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Landing Sites Under Consideration for the Mars 2020 Rover
These eight places on Mars are potential landing sites under consideration as the destination for the Mars 2020 rover mission.
September 2, 2015
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Mastcam-Z, Lens Packaging
This diagram illustrates the current iteration (July 2015) of the lens packaging for the Mars 2020 Rover's instrument, Mastcam-Z.
July 29, 2015
