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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.
Women in Science
The electricity for NASA's Mars 2020 rover is provided by a power system called a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, or MMRTG.
Mars 2020's MMRTG
Members of NASA's Mars 2020 project take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover.
Mars 2020 and Friends
Mars 2020 Lift Activities in Payload Hazardous Serviceing Facility (PHSF) at the Kennedy Space Center.
Mars 2020 Lift Activities in PHSF
On Sept. 7 NASA’s ASPIRE project broke a record when its rocket-launched parachute deployed in 4-10ths of a second - the fastest inflation of this size chute in history.
Testing a Parachute for Mars
This diagram, superimposed on a photo of Martian landscape, illustrates a concept called "adaptive caching," which is in development for NASA's 2020 Mars rover mission.
Adaptive Caching Concept
See NASA’s next Mars rover quite literally coming together inside a clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Building NASA's Mars 2020 Rover
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.
Scientific Process for Detecting Past Mars Life
Engineers and technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the remote sensing mast on the Mars 2020 rover.
Mars 2020 Mast Goes On
The Mars 2020 mission is facing the most challenging landing yet on the Red Planet. It will touch down on Feb. 18, 2021, in Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide (45-kilometer-wide) expanse full of steep c...
Landing NASA's Mars 2020 Rover with Terrain Relative Navigation
The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration that will fly as a secondary payload with the Mars 2020 mission. It will demonstrate the potential of aerial flight on Mars, which may enable more ...
NASA Mars Helicopter Technology Demonstration
High Bay 1 looks much as it does today in this photo of NASA's Spirit and Opportunity Mars rovers being tested on Feb. 10, 2003.
Spirit and Opportunity in High Bay 1
Technicians install a Mastcam-Z high-definition camera in the remote sensing mast that will later go on NASA's Mars 2020 rover.
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Gets HD Eyes
An artist's rendering of the SuperCam instrument aboard the next generation Mars rover scheduled to visit the Red Planet in 2020.
Artist's Concept of the SuperCam Instrument for Mars 2020 Rover
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 ...
Mars Helicopter (Artist's Concept)
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars.
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Artist's Concept #4
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.
Portrait of NASA's Mars Helicopter
Engineers attached NASA's Mars Helicopter to the belly of the Mars 2020 rover on Aug. 27, 2019, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Mars Helicopter Installed on Mars 2020 Rover
The completed spacecraft that will carry the Mars 2020 rover to the Red Planet, next year hangs suspended by cables inside the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade...
The Mars 2020 Spacecraft Readies for Testing
The actor Brad Pitt (right) shows off his "boarding pass" for Mars with Jennifer Trosper (left), the Mars 2020 project systems engineer, at JPL on Sept. 6, 2019. You can send your name to Mars aboa...
Send Your Name to Mars With Brad Pitt
This 2015 diagram shows components of the investigations payload for NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission.
Science Instruments on NASA's Mars 2020 Rover
NASA's Mars 2020 spacecraft undergoes examination prior to an acoustic test in the Environmental Test Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Prepping Mars 2020 for Sound
Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung and Bob Balaram of NASA’s Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test.
Monitoring the Mars Helicopter
This is the first Mars flight hardware that has been designed, assembled & tested at NASA-Johnson Space Center, led by Jacobs/JETS Chief Scientist Trevor Graff.
SHERLOC Calibration Target in the Clean Room
On Dec. 17, 2019, engineers took NASA’s next Mars rover for its first spin.
First Drive Test of NASA's Mars 2020 Rover
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Jim Bridenstine addresses NASA's ambitious plans for the coming years, including Mars Sample Return.
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155 students from across the U.S. have been chosen as semifinalists in NASA's essay contest to name the Mars 2020 rover, and see it launch from Cape Canaveral this July.
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Closer to Getting Its Name
Through Nov. 1, K-12 students in the U.S. are encouraged to enter an essay contest to name NASA's next Mars rover.
NASA Invites Students to Name Mars 2020 Rover
The rover recently drilled two samples, and both showed the highest levels of clay ever found during the mission.
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay Cache
For the first time, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has caught the Martian moon Phobos during a full moon phase. Each color in this new image represents a temperature range detected by Odyssey's infrared camera.
Why This Martian Full Moon Looks Like Candy
