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Launching to Observe Our Sun
Launching to Observe Our Sun

On June 21, 1975, NASA successfully launched the eighth Orbiting Solar Observatory aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.…

Thermal Insulation Protects the Space Launch System Rocket
Thermal Insulation Protects the Space Launch System Rocket

NASA technicians have completed application of spray-on foam thermal insulation on the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, which is being outfitted…

Bumpy Road for a Rover – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Bumpy Road for a Rover – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

Engineer Dean Bergman works on the ARADS rover during recent field tests in Chile's Atacama Desert.

Moonrise in the Desert –  Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Moonrise in the Desert – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

The Moon rises over the ARADS team, working with its prototype Mars rover in the Atacama Desert, during the 2018…

Measuring Wind Speed – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Measuring Wind Speed – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

Arwen Dave, a systems engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, uses an anemometer to find the wind speed during field…

Rover Recharge – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Rover Recharge – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

The battery-powered ARADS rover is plugged in for a recharge during field testing in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Tire Tracks on “Mars” – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Tire Tracks on “Mars” – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

The ARADS astrobiology rover, navigating autonomously, leaves its tracks in 2017 on a very Mars-like landscape, in this photo from…

Camping on “Mars” – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Camping on “Mars” – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

The driest place on Earth, with very few microorganisms to be found in the soil, Chile’s Atacama Desert offers NASA…

Roughing It for Research – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Roughing It for Research – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

The ARADS team’s base camp in the Atacama Desert includes a simple structure where team meetings are held, science samples…

Camp Kitchen – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies
Camp Kitchen – Atacama Rover Astrobiology Drilling Studies

Compared to the lifeless landscape of the Atacama Desert, the ARADS camp kitchen is a lively, colorful place.