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A group of engineers in bunny suits examine the Europa Clipper mission in a clean room at NASA JPL. The spacecraft is in the center wrapped in silver material. The photo is from a high angle looking down at the spacecraft and engineers.
NASA’s Europa Probe Gets a Hotline to Earth (NASA JPL)Aug. 16, 2023
The circular logo features a simplified two-color image of Enceladus as the background. Black silhouettes of a lander, submersible, orbiter, hydrothermal vents, and Saturn can be seen. The logo says AbSciCon 2024.
Submit A Session Proposal for AbSciCon 2024Aug. 10, 2023
Montalvo crouches in the back of the frame to lay guardrails on the floor.
Watch NASA Engineers Put a Mars Lander’s Legs to the Test (NASA JPL)Aug. 10, 2023
Artist’s concept of Parker Solar Probe.
Course Correction Keeps Parker Solar Probe on Track for Venus Flyby (NASA)Aug. 10, 2023
A close-up of the panorama taken by Curiosity’s Mastcam at “Pontours” reveals hexagonal patterns – outlined in red in the same image, right – that suggest these mud cracks formed after many wet-dry cycles occurring over years.
Cracks in Ancient Martian Mud Surprise NASA’s Curiosity Rover Team (NASA JPL)Aug. 9, 2023
John Rummel sits at a table and is visible from the chest up. He smiles and looks off to the the right of the frame, holding his left hand up to his temple. He is wearing a blue suit with a gold tie.
John Rummel Honored with 2023 Drake AwardAug. 9, 2023
An image of the final selfie taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, not long after landing.
NASA InSight Study Finds Mars Is Spinning Faster (NASA JPL)Aug. 7, 2023
Black and white view of the martian surface. Sand and rocks are visible in the scene of sloping ground.
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Faces Its Toughest Climb Yet on Mars (NASA JPL)Aug. 4, 2023
The Space Between: This artist's concept shows the Voyager 1 spacecraft entering the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by plasma, ionized gas (illustrated here as brownish haze), that was thrown off by giant stars millions of years ago.
NASA Mission Update: Voyager 2 Communications Restored (NASA)Aug. 2, 2023
The model shows the asteroid from the side against a black background. The asteroid is somewhat bean-shaped. It is long with two rounded ends. One end is more bulbous than the other and it is bent in the middle.
Evidence of Past Fluid Activity on Asteroid ItokawaAug. 1, 2023
A rocket at the left of the frame fires in a garage facility. The flame from the rocket shoots out to the right and out of the door of the garage.
NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle Continues Progress Toward Mars Sample Return (NASA Marshall)July 31, 2023
The view shows the inside of a sample handling chamber. It is glass. Outside the chamber four researchers can be seen in full 'bunny' suits. Their hands are in gloves built into the chamber so that they can handle a metal dish containing samples.
Experience the Reveal of the First U.S. Asteroid Sample, Returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (NASA)July 31, 2023
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