A Trip Around Our Solar System - Alan Taylor - In Focus. Robotic probes launched by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and others are gathering information for us right now all across the solar system. We currently have spacecraft in orbit around the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, and Saturn; several others on their way to smaller bodies; and a few on their way out of the solar system entirely. On Mars, a rover called Spirit has just been officially left for dead, after two years of radio silence from it -- but its twin, Opportunity, continues on its mission, now more than 2,500 days beyond its originally planned 90-days. With all these eyes in the sky, I'd like to take the opportunity to put together a photo album of our Solar system -- a set of family portraits, of sorts -- as seen by our astronauts and mechanical emissaries. [38 photos] Use j/k keys or ←/→ to navigate Choose: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite captures an image of the Earth's moon crossing in front of the Sun, on May 3, 2011.
Snowfall across 30 U.S. HSF Space Shuttle Gallery. What an Astronaut's Camera Sees. Mars Exploration Program. Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and the seventh largest. It’s the only planet we know of inhabited entirely by robots. Mission Status NASA Rovers on the Surface On Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT), the rover marks 13 years on the Red Planet. Mars Overview Mars is no place for the faint-hearted. Despite being inhospitable to humans, robotic explorers — like NASA's Perseverance rover and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — serve as pathfinders to eventually get astronauts to the surface of the Red Planet.
NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object — from the closest location any of the agency’s… Read the Story replay NASA Shares Details of Perseverance Rover Finding Experts discuss the analysis of a rock sampled by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover last year, and the science findings published Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the journal Nature. Replay the Sept. 10 news conference The mars Report Learn More About 'Sapphire Canyon' International Space Station and Discovery - STS-133. Any use of one of these images other than strictly private must be subject to prior authorization from legault@astrophoto.fr FEBRUARY 28 : an astronaut in spacewalk in 3D video This is the first image ever taken from the ground, of an astronaut in extravehicular activity (EVA1).
Steve Bowen, attached to the end of the ISS robotic arm (MSS), was working on a defective ammonia pump. The pump was hooked to the ISS mobile base system (MBS). Passage of the International Space Station and Discovery, taken on February 28th 2011 at 17:58UT from the area of Weimar, Germany. As shown in the caption below, Discovery is docked to the ISS on the left of the image and is seen essentially from the rear (stabilizer and nozzle), the wings being vertical. Downloadable DivX file (for private show only). This method may require a bit of training if you are not used to squint but it gives a very realistic view (and it does not need special 3D glasses!).
Downloadable DivX file (for private show only). Home page. Planetary Names: Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers. MESSENGER Web Site. Discovery timelapse 110307 ladanyi.