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Sheri Klug Boonstra, director of the Mars Education Program at Arizona State University, leads a group of teachers through an analytical exercise.

August 05, 2012

Sheri Klug Boonstra, director of the Mars Education Program at Arizona State University, leads a group of teachers through an analytical exercise.

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This view from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on the mast of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows rocky ground within view while the rover was working at an intended drilling site called "Precipice" on lower Mount Sharp.
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Earth and Venus as seen by the Mast Camera aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover
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Cruise primary structure
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Changes in Scars From 2012 Mars Landing
This set of drawings depicts cross sections of the "Yellowknife Bay" area of Mars' Gale Crater at three points in time going back more than 80 million years (>80 Ma).
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This set of drawings depicts cross sections of the "Yellowknife Bay" area of Mars' Gale Crater at three points in time going back more than 80 million years (>80 Ma).
Scarp Retreat Model and Exposure History of 'Yellowknife Bay'
The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a powerful set of three instruments onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover that work together to investigate the chemistry of the Martian sur...
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This pit crater was created by an empty lava tube in Mars’ Arsia Mons region. The image was captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Aug. 16, 2020.
HiRISE Spots the Mouth of a Martian Lava Tube
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Color Camera for Curiosity's Robotic Arm
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This full-resolution self-portrait shows the deck of NASA's Curiosity rover from the rover's Navigation cameras.
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This full-resolution self-portrait shows the deck of NASA's Curiosity rover from the rover's Navigation cameras.
Checking out the Rover Deck in Full Resolution
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This image from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an impact scar on Mars made by pieces of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft that the spacecraft shed just before entering the Martian atmosphere.
Impact Scars from MSL Cruise Stage and Two Balance Weights (Figure 2)
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This artist's concept shows how the cruise stage de-spins outside the martian atmosphere, turns to entry position, suffers peak heating just after entry, then peak deceleration, before deploying a parachute.
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