Mars Exploration and Space Science

Stunning visuals of Mars, including panoramic rover images, illustrations of meteors, and NASA animations, highlighting exploration of the red planet.

Meteors on Mars, illustration
Meteors on Mars, illustration
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Spaceship cockpit interior with control panels and windows with view of planets, stars and explosion in outer space. Vector cartoon illustration of rocket cabin or lab and cosmos view. Spaceship cockpit interior with control panels
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Project Morpheus prototype lander soars high on its seventh free flight test at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 83-second test began at 3:41 p.m. EDT with the Morpheus lander launching from the ground over a flame trench and ascending to 580 feet, its highest to date. Morpheus then flew its fastest downrange trek at 30 mph, travelling farther than before, 837 feet. The lander performed a 42-foot divert to emulate a hazard avoidance maneuver before descending and touching down on Landing Site 2, at the northern landing pad inside the automated landing and hazard avoidance technology ALHAT hazard field. Morpheus landed within one foot of its intended target. Project Morpheus tests NASAs ALHAT and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, or green propellants, into a fully-operational lander that could deliver cargo to other planetary surfaces.The landing facility provides the lander with th
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Landslides in Valles Marineris are truly enormous, sometimes stretching from one wall to the base of another. This landslide, known as Ius Labes, would occupy the surface area of the state of Delaware, U.S., seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Kidney stones are small pebbles of salt and mineral in the urine. 3Dillustration. journey of kidney stone in human body
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This color panorama shows a 360-degree view of the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover, including the highest part of Mount Sharp visible to the rover.
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Boeings CST-100 Starliners parachute systems are successfully tested at the U.S. Armys White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on June 24, 2019. Boeing conducted the test using a full-scale Starliner test article, known as a boiler plate, designed to simulate the actual spacecraft. The test involved intentionally disabling one of the parachute systems two drogue parachutes and one of the three main parachutes to evaluate how the remaining parachutes handled the additional loads during deployment and descent. This was one of a series of important parachute tests to validate the system is safe to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station as part of NASAs Commercial Crew Program. Boeing is targeting an uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the space station this summer, followed by its Crew Flight Test. Starliner will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Polysiphonia nigrescens. Photographs, Photograms. 1848-11 - 1849-06. Spencer Collection. Plants in art, Algae , Great Britain, Photography
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STS114-E-5015 (26 July 2005) ---- Handheld still images taken by Discovery's crew of the external fuel tank as it was jettisoned after launch on July 26 were transmitted to the ground early July 27. Engineers are analyzing these photos as part of the extensive imagery data being gathered to understand debris during the Shuttle's ascent during STS-114. These images of the external tank were taken with the tank closer to the Shuttle than on any past missions due to an earlier maneuver performed by the spacecraft shortly after main engine cutoff.
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On Feb. 19, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity had completed a drive of 124 meters (407 feet) across the rippled flatland of the Meridiani Planum region. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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Two images of the night sky were combined to show Earth and Venus as seen by the Mast Camera aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on June 5, 2020, the 2,784th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Both planets appear as mere pinpoints of light owing to a combination of distance and dust in the air; they would normally look like bright stars. A feature called Tower Butte is just visible at the bottom of the image, part of the clay-bearing region that Curiosity has been exploring since early 2019.
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Directional disc of localities and landscapes, near Mundelsheim
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constellation Constellations of Ursa Major Great bear on human skin Copyright: xZoonar.com/RuslanxNassyrovx 6245592
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Laboratory with plants growing equipment. Futuristic lab on spaceship or secret bunker, scientific biotechnology technics, glass tube, dashboard, lamps, seedlings in pots, Cartoon vector illustration. Laboratory with plants growing equipment interior
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Longitudinal section ofEtimoe (Copaifera mildbraedii), synonyme : African Etimoe, Ghana
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Eucryptite. minerals. North America; USA; New Mexico; Taos County; Dixon; Harding Mine
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Barytocalcite. minerals. Europe; Sweden; Varmland Province; Filipstad
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A900685 U12N MINERAL QUARRY ADVANCED COATINGS POST-TEST STEPHEN BREEZE (Project Engineer) AUG 8 90 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/8/1990 ADVANCED COATINGS; COATINGS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MINERAL QUARRY; N-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; POST-TEST SHOTS; POST-TESTS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; ADVANCED COATINGS POST-TEST historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Crew Module Water Landing Model Assessment (CMWLMA)Test site photos at Aberdeen Test Center Aberdeen Maryland
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Ceramium diaphanum, Anna Atkins, c. 1843 - c. 1853 photograph United Kingdom photographic support cyanotype algae, seaweed
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Hi-Speed Photography Setup For Swallow Drinking At Pond Used By Stephen Dalton. June 1977
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Biologist setting up mist net to capture bats during white nose syndrome research, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, Minnesota
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Dravite. minerals
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A92612 U12P DIAMOND FORTUNE TITANIUM WINDOWS LES HILL (Project Engineer) MAR 23 92 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/23/1992 DIAMOND FORTUNE; DIAMOND FORTUNE TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; P-TUNNEL; PIPES; TEST SITES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM WINDOWS; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WINDOWS; DIAMOND FORTUNE-TI WINDOWS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Research on chronic bacterial infections within Inserm. PhD student, working on brucellosis bacteria.
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Real time display showing readings from earthquake sensors Sismic Labratory at Cal Tech Pasadena California
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A postlaunch news conference for NASAs SpaceX Crew-2 mission is held at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 23, 2021. From left, participants are: moderator Jackie McGuinness, NASA press secretary; Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASAs Kennedy Space Center; Kathy Lueders, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program; Steve Jurczyk, acting administrator, NASA; Elon Musk, CEO and lead designer, SpaceX; Hiroshi Sasaki, vice president and director general, JAXAs Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate; and Frank de Winne, manager, International Space Station Program, ESA. Liftoff time on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was at 5:49 a.m. EDT. Crew Dragon Endeavour is carrying NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, spacecraft commander; NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, pilot; ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, mission specialist; and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, mission spe
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Astronaut Scott Kelly initiated VEG-01 B, the second crop of lettuce, on July, 8, 2015, and both Kelly and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren cared for the plants. The crop grew for 33 days. VEG-01 B included one set of six plant pillows planted with red romaine lettuce seeds. On Aug. 10, 2015, the crew harvested and consumed leaves from each plant. This was the first crop grown and consumed in NASA hardware. They harvested the rest of the plant tissue and froze it in the stations Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) for return to Earth for further study including microbial analysis, antioxidant capacity, mineral analysis and anthocyanin concentration.
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Africa, Egypt, Giza plateau. Dr. Mark Lehner in royal production center.