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Spirit Mars Rover in 'McMurdo' Panorama, Polar Projection
This self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is a polar projection of the 360-degree "McMurdo" panorama made from images taken by Spirit's panoramic camera (Pancam). From April through O...
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Spirit Mars Rover in 'McMurdo' Panorama, Polar Projection (False Color)
This self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is a polar projection of the 360-degree "McMurdo" panorama made from images taken by Spirit's panoramic camera (Pancam). This view of the rov...
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Opportunity's Traverse Map, Sol 3117
The line drawn on this map shows the route that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven. Opportunity has been working on Mars since January 2004, at sites within the Meridiani Planum regi...
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Weighing Molecules on Mars
The plot on the left shows new results from the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover. The instrument measured levels of different gas isotopes in the atmosphere. Isoto...
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Shooting Lasers
This picture shows a lab demonstration of the measurement chamber inside the Tunable Laser Spectrometer, an instrument that is part of the Sample Analysis at Mars investigation on NASA's Curiosity rov...
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Lab Examples of Tunable Laser Spectrometer Data
These graphics show how the Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) instrument works and what kinds of data it returns. The TLS is one of the three instruments in the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite...
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Pieces of the Tunable Laser Spectrometer
This schematic shows pieces of the Tunable Laser Spectrometer instrument, one of three instruments in the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite on NASA's Curiosity rover. As seen in the top graphic...
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The SAM Suite
The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, largest of the 10 science instruments for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, examines samples of Martian rocks, soil and atmosphere for information a...
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Volatiles on Mars
This illustration shows the locations and interactions of volatiles on Mars. Volatiles are molecules that readily evaporate, converting to their gaseous form, such as water and carbon dioxide. On Mars...
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Potential Sources and Sinks of Methane on Mars
If the atmosphere of Mars contains methane, various possibilities have been proposed for where the methane could come from and how it could disappear.
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The Five Most Abundant Gases in the Martian Atmosphere
This graph shows the percentage abundance of five gases in the atmosphere of Mars, as measured by the Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer instrument of the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite on NASA's ...
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High-Resolution Self-Portrait by Curiosity Rover Arm Camera
On Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), NASA's Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-p...
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Preliminary Self-Portrait of Curiosity by Rover's Arm Camera
On Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), the Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture the set of thumbnail images stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait.
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Curiosity Digs In
This pair of images shows a "bite mark" where NASA's Curiosity rover scooped up some Martian soil (left), and the scoop carrying soil. The first scoop sample was taken from the "Rocknest" patch of dus...
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Wind-Blown Martian Sand
This pair of images from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the upper portion of a wind-blown deposit dubbed "Rocknest." The rover team recently commanded Curiosity to take a scoop of soi...
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Olivine on Earth
The Martian soil examined by the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover shows the diffraction signature, or "fingerprint," of the mineral olivine, shown here on Earth i...
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Rock 'Et-Then' Near Curiosity, Sol 82
The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on the arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took this image of a rock called "Et-Then" during the mission's 82nd sol, or Martian day (Oct. 29, 2012.)
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Opportunity's Traverse Map, Sol 3103
Where Are The Rovers Now? Opportunity's traverse map from Sol 3103
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Say 'Ahh' on Mars
This image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the open inlet where powdered rock and soil samples will be funneled down for analysis. It was taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Curiosity's 36...
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First Sample Placed on Curiosity's Observation Tray
The robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover's observation tray for the first time during the mission's 70th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 16, 2012). This...
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