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photo of lunar crater and surroundings

Melt or Rubble?

04.11.2013
Visualization of Buried Marte Vallis Channels

Visualization of Buried Marte Vallis Channels

04.01.2013
Befor and After photo of Mona Lisa transmission image

First demonstration of laser communication with a satellite at the Moon

03.04.2013
Image of drill hole from Curiosity on Mars

Curiosity's First Sample Drilling

02.14.2013
There were several preparatory events with the drill including a test that made the shallow hole on the right, but the deep hole resulted from the first use of the drill for rock sample collection.
Image of two scoops out of Martian soil

Curiosity Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples

12.28.2012
This is a view of the third (left) and fourth (right) trenches made by the scoop on Curiosity. The coarse sand visible here forms a thin crust in the "Rocknest" wind drift sand on Mars.
GRAIL gravity map

GRAIL's Gravity Field of the Moon

12.27.2012
This map shows the gravity field of the moon. The viewing perspective (a Mercator projection) shows the far side of the moon in the center and the nearside (as viewed from Earth) at either side.
graphic showing permanently shadowed craters on Mercury's north pole

Mercury's Permanently Shadowed Polar Craters

12.13.2012
New observations by MESSENGER provide compelling support for the long-held hypothesis that Mercury harbors water ice and other frozen volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.
image of Martian soil, scooped

One Giant Scoop for Mankind

11.01.2012
This image shows a "bite mark" where NASA's Curiosity rover scooped up some Martian soil. Enhanced color in this image shows the Martian scene as it would appear under lighting conditions on Earth.
false-color image of Saturn

A Huge Burp at Saturn

11.01.2012
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has tracked the aftermath of a rare massive storm on Saturn. Data show record-setting disturbances in the planet's upper atmosphere long after the storm had ended.
Image of Mars' Gale Crater with location of Curiosity landing point indicated

Curiosity Cradled by Gale Crater

08.15.2012
NASA's Curiosity rover landed in the Martian crater known as Gale Crater, which is approximately the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined.
Wide view of Mars from Curiosity rover

Curiosity's New Home

08.09.2012
These are the first two full-resolution images of the Martian surface from NASA's Curiosity rover. The rim of Gale Crater can be seen in the distance beyond the pebbly ground.
Photo of parachute and MSL taken from orbit

Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter

08.09.2012
NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT).
Time lapse image of Venus transiting the sun

Transit of Venus

11.01.2012
SDO implemented specially planned operations to view the transit of Venus on June 5-6, 2012, producing the best HD views of a transit ever taken.
false-color image of part of Mercury

Highs and Lows of Goethe

04.06.2012
Mercury's Goethe basin is home to a variety of interesting features, including ghost craters with graben, wrinkle ridges that outline the basin, and dark craters that host radar-bright materials.
photo of lunar crater

Ejecta Starburst

03.28.2012
Craters abound on the Moon. Their ejecta blankets sometimes look like miniature starbursts. For young craters like this, the ejecta is highly reflective because it was recently exposed by the impact.
panoramic image from surface of Mars

Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From 'Greeley Haven'

01.30.2012
This panoramic image shows the windswept vista from the location where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending its fifth Martian winter.
image of colored hazes in titan atmosphere

Orange and blue hazes on Titan

01.11.2012
A view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a depression within the moon's orange and blue haze layers near the south pole.
images showing comet lovejoy passing behind the sun and reemerging into view later

Comet Lovejoy's close call with the sun

01.04.2012
Comet Lovejoy skimmed across the Sun's edge on Dec. 15, 2011, vaporizing as it approached the stellar surface (left) and later emerging from the other side (right).
image of mena crater on mercury

The bright rays of Mena

01.04.2012
The young rays of Mercury's Mena Crater contrast brightly with the surrounding surface.
image of titan and tethys at saturn

Titan and Tethys

12.23.2011
Saturn's moon Tethys, with its stark white icy surface, peeps out from behind the larger, hazy, colorful Titan.
image of two moons of saturn dwarfed by the planet's emmensity

Saturn's moons dwarfed by the planet

12.20.2011
A pair of Saturn's moons appear insignificant compared to the immensity of the planet in this Cassini view along the terminator where day transitions to night.
image of victoria crater taken from orbit around mars

Victoria Crater, Mars

12.06.2011
This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows "Victoria crater," an impact crater at Meridiani Planum, near the equator of Mars.
image of storm on saturn

Stormy Saturn

11.28.2011
Saturn's northern storm marches through the planet's atmosphere in the top right of this false-color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
image of saturn moon rhea and rings

Saturn's rings and Rhea

11.21.2011
In a scene reminiscent of an abstract painting, Saturn's moon Rhea is gently lit in front of the wide shadow cast by the rings.
data visualization of topographic relief on luanr surface

Biggest basin

11.15.2011
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LOLA instrument captured this portrait of the moon's south polar region. It features the Aitken Basin, the largest impact structure on the moon.
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