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This is a screen view from OnSight, software developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in collaboration with Microsoft, which uses real rover data to create a 3D simulation of the Martian environment.

October 10, 2018

A screen view from OnSight, the 2018 award-winning software developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in collaboration with Microsoft. OnSight uses real rover data to create a 3D simulation of the Martian environment where mission scientists can "meet" to discuss rover operations.

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