Lunar and Planetary Exploration

 

 

                   Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) of the Cassini spacecraft on July 1, 2004.

                   Courtesy NASA / JPL-Caltech

 

                 The Somnium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                         Enceladus, a tectonic feast

                         Cassini spacecraft, Okt. 5, 2008

                         Image Credit: NASA/JPL/SpaceScience Institute

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  Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on July 18, 2009

                  The Opportunity-rover explored the rim and interior of this 800-meter crater from September 2006 trough August 2008

                         Image Credit: NASA/JPL-caltech/University of Arizona

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                                          Animation-movie of the two Mars-Rovers Opportunity and Spirit

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                      Mars Express flew over the boundary between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae and imaged the region, acquiring 

                      spectacular views of the chaotic terrain in the area.

                      6 November 2009

                             Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin

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                       Mars Curiosity Rover - First Test Drive on July 23, 2010

                               Credit: NASA / JPL

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                       The Rim of Milichius A, a Moon crater in Mare Insularum. The image is about 6 km (3.7 miles) wide.

                       Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Sept 21, 2009

                               Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University

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                      Mercury's Surface

                      Messenger Flyby 3 on September 29, 2009

                      Credit: NASA/John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington   

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                                          HAYABUSA (MUSES-C) asteroid explorer

                                                        Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

 

 

 

 

                      After overcoming many difficulties the HAYABUSA mission ended with a succesfully capsule landing

                      on Earth on June 13, 2010

                             Provided by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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                      Artist's concept of the asteroid explorer Dawn with Vesta (left) and Ceres (right)

                      Credit: Background- William K. Hartmann, Courtesy of UCLA; image-NASA/MCREL

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                       Artist view of the Rosetta cometary probe with the Philae lander.

                               Credits: ESA, image by AOES Medialab

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                    Animation of the Pluto-Charon Flyby of the New Horizons spacecraft on July 2015

                           Credit: NASA/John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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                                      Spaceflight history

 

                                      Voyager spacecraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      

                       Voyager 1 and 2 continue to send data after more than 30 years as they approach interstellar space.

                               Credit: NASA/courtesy of nasaimages

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