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Sunset Over the Gulf of Mexico
Sunset Over the Gulf of Mexico

From the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry W. Virts took this photograph of the Gulf of Mexico…

D-558-1
D-558-1

The D-558-I "Skystreaks" were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and XF-92A. Three of the…

Comparing ‘Cumberland’ With Other Samples Analyzed by Curiosity
Comparing ‘Cumberland’ With Other Samples Analyzed by Curiosity

This graphic offers comparisons between the amount of an organic chemical named chlorobenzene detected in the "Cumberland" rock sample and…

Methane Measurements by NASA’s Curiosity in Mars’ Gale Crater
Methane Measurements by NASA’s Curiosity in Mars’ Gale Crater

This graphic shows tenfold spiking in the abundance of methane in the Martian atmosphere surrounding NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, as…

Possible Methane Sources and Sinks
Possible Methane Sources and Sinks

This illustration portrays possible ways methane might be added to Mars' atmosphere (sources) and removed from the atmosphere (sinks). NASA's…

Tunable Laser Spectrometer on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover
Tunable Laser Spectrometer on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover

This graphic shows the Tunable Laser Spectrometer, one of the tools within the Sample Analysis at Mars laboratory on NASA's…

Mars Has Ways to Make Organics Hard to Find
Mars Has Ways to Make Organics Hard to Find

This illustration portrays some of the reasons why finding organic chemicals on Mars is challenging. Whatever organic chemicals may be…

Some Data from Detection of Organics in a Rock on Mars
Some Data from Detection of Organics in a Rock on Mars

Data graphed here are examples from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) laboratory's detection of Martian organics in a sample…

Orion Moved From Crew Module Recovery Cradle
Orion Moved From Crew Module Recovery Cradle

The Orion crew module is being moved by crane from its crew module recovery cradle and will be placed in…

Opportunity Pausing at a Bright Outcrop on Endeavour Rim, Sol 3854
Opportunity Pausing at a Bright Outcrop on Endeavour Rim, Sol 3854

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is continuing its traverse southward on the western rim of Endeavour Crater during the fall…