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Sample Analysis at Mars for Curiosity

The Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument will analyze samples of Martian rock and soil collected by the rover arm...

Aerodynamic

This MOC image shows dunes in the north polar region of Mars. In this springtime view, the dunes are largely covered...

Chlorinated Forms of Methane at John

NASA Curiosity rover has detected the simple carbon-containing compounds chloro- and dichloromethane from the...

Residual Cap

This MOC image shows a summertime view of the south polar residual cap of Mars. In this image, mesas composed...

Spring Slide

The North Polar region of Mars is capped with layers of water ice and dust, called the polar layered deposits. This...

A New Gully Channel in Terra Sirenum, Mars

This pair of before left and after right images from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents formation of a new...

Outer Dregs

This Mars MOC image shows the very edge of the south polar residual cap of Mars. The bright areas, which appear...

Striped Scarp

This MOC image shows a steep slope in the north polar region of Mars. The stripes indicate an exposure of layered...

Polygons, Crater Layers, and Defrosting Dunes

This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Rover shows the north polar region of Mars is surrounded by a large sea of...

South Polar Spiders on Mars

NASA Mars Reconnaissance Rover spied these spider-like formations, likely caused as carbon dioxide ice changes from...

South Polar Autumn

This MOC image shows a portion of the south polar residual cap; darkened edges of the pits and mesas are evidence of...

Sand Dune Field in Richardson Crater

This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a view of the sand dune field in Richardson Crater covered with...

Edge of North Polar Erg

This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter depicts a scene from early spring in the northern hemisphere of...

Tunable Laser Spectrometer on NASA Curiosity Mars Rover

By measuring absorption of light at specific wavelengths, Tunable Laser Spectrometer TLS onboard NASA Curiosity...

The Many Faces of Hartley 2

Infrared scans of comet Hartley 2 by NASA EPOXI mission spacecraft show carbon dioxide, dust, and ice being...

Dark Crater Rims

These mosaic images from NASA Dawn mission show how dark, carbon-rich materials tend to speckle the rims of smaller...

Fall Frost Accumulation on Russell Crater Dunes

In an area like Russell Crater, very ancient impact crater, NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter can follow changes in...

Fall Frosting

Richardson Crater is home to this sea of sand dunes. It was fall in the Southern hemisphere when NASA MRO acquired...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Local Central Florida television reporters Phil Robertson (left), with WFTV, and Dan Billow (right), with WESH, tape commentaries after a media tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility. The media was invited to see the orbiter Atlantis as it is being prepared for Return to Flight. Both local and national reporters representing print and TV networks were able to see work in progress on Atlantis, including the reinstallation of the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels on the orbiter’s wing leading edge; wiring inspections; and checks of the engines in the Orbital Maneuvering System.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Local Central Florida television reporters Phil Robertson (left), with WFTV, and Dan...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (RTFTG) look at a Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels with a T-seal held by Tom Roberts, with United Space Alliance. From left are Richard O. Covey, former Space Shuttle commander, Dr. Kathryn Clark, James Adamson, Joe Engle, William Wegner and Dr. Amy Donahue. Chairing the task group are Covey and Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the Stafford-Covey Return to...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG) look over equipment in the Orbiter Processing Facility. At left (back to camera), Fernando Santos, with NASA, and Paul Ogletree (at monitor), with United Space Alliance, describe how flash thermography is used to inspect the structure of Reinforced Carbon Carbon panels and establish a baseline on panels before flight. Chairing the task group are Richard O. Covey (far right), former Space Shuttle commander, and Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG) look at one of the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels, being shown by Tom Roberts with United Space Alliance, from the orbiter Endeavour. Chairing the task group are Richard O. Covey, former Space Shuttle commander, and Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean O’Keefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASA’s implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the Stafford-Covey Return to...

Jezero Crater Minerals

Color has been added to highlight minerals in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars...

Delta II - SIRTF Lift and Mate

Workers watch as the nose cap of orbiter Endeavour is lowered after removal for routine inspection. The nose cap is...