This artist’s concept shows how the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) laser will beam data to Earth from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA. NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could... More »
Artist’s Concept of Mars 2020 Rover Planning for NASA’s 2020 Mars rover envisions a basic structure that capitalizes on the design and engineering work done for the NASA rover Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012, but with new science instruments selected t... More »
This global view of Mars is composed of about 100 Viking Orbiter images. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, July 9 to provide details about a report that will help define science objectives... More »
This image shows the Parkes telescope in Australia, part of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Researchers, including a team member from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, used the telescope to detect the first populat... More »
This view from the left Navigation Camera (Navcam) of NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity looks back at wheel tracks made during the first drive away from the last science target in the “Glenelg” area. The drive commenced a long trek toward the mission’s long-term des... More »
Artist’s concept of the joint NASA/CNES Jason-1 ocean altimetry satellite. During its 11-1/2-year life, Jason-1 helped create a 20-plus-year climate record of global ocean surface topography, providing new insights into ocean circulation, tracking our rising s... More »
This view shows the terrain that NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is crossing in a flat area called “Botany Bay” on the way toward “Solander Point,” which is visible on the horizon. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status ... More »
This image from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) shows Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736, in ultraviolet light. It is located 17 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has turned off its Galax... More »
DARPA Virtual Robotic Challenge (VRC) tasks included guiding the robot over different terrain, including uneven ground. Image Credit: DARPA › Larger view The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a group from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labo... More »
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer shell of the bubble of charged particles around our sun. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Larger view Data from Voyager 1, now... More »
Artist’s concept of Seasat. Image Credit: NASA/JPL › Larger view “The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but in the colours and textures that come alive in others.” – Albert Schweitzer History tends to look fondly upon trailblazers, even if... More »
Asteroid 2013 MZ5 as seen by the University of Hawaii’s PanSTARR-1 telescope. In this animated gif, the asteroid moves relative to a fixed background of stars. Asteroid 2013 MZ5 is in the right of the first image, towards the top, moving diagonally left/down. ... More »
