Category: Science

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ExoMars orbiter images Perseverance landing site (labelled)

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ExoMars orbiter images Perseverance landing site

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Mars dust devils in action

Explore the landing site of NASA’s Perseverance rover and travel to scenic panoramas with this new interactive tool based on ESA Mars Express and NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data. View on your mobile phone, and the rotation of the scene will follow the movements of your device!

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In the Jezero neighbourhood

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In the Jezero neighbourhood

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Jezero landing ellipse

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Jezero crater and surrounds

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Jezero crater and surrounds (annotated)

On 18 February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to arrive at Jezero impact crater, the site of a former lake on Mars. The High Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA’s Mars Express has provided important context for the landing site and its surrounds.

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Inside a martian canyon

Five, four, three, two, one…. FIREWORKS! The countdown to a new year is in many ways a defining moment for our lives on Earth. Our age, our seasons, filing our taxes… – all depend on the duration of Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

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Solar Orbiter snaps Venus, Earth and Mars