Probe Landing on Titan

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of a young and old crater at the night and day boundary on asteroid Vesta. The image has a resolution of about 260 meters per pixel.

This is the last panorama NASA's Opportunity rover acquired before the solar-powered rover succumbed to a global Martian dust storm on the same June 10. 

This global map of Iapetus was created using images taken during Cassini spacecraft flybys, with Voyager images filling in the poles. The map is an equidistant projection and has a scale of 803 me...

This mosaic of Cassini images shows the smallest details ever observed on Saturn's moon Iapetus. Visible here are small craters as well as the base of a large mountain ridge located just south of...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on Aug. 26, 2011 at a distance of 1,700 miles (2,740 kilometers). The image has a resolution of about 260 meters...

This image of Numisia AV-L-21, from the atlas of the giant asteroid Vesta, was created from images taken as NASA's Dawn mission flew around the object, also known as a protoplanet.

This mosaic, made from radar images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows parallel mountain chains on Saturn's moon Titan. The mountains appear along the northwest border of a region known a...

This image of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, obtained by Cassini's radar instrument during a near-polar flyby on Feb. 22, 2007, features dunes and lakes, one of which is larger than any lake on Eart...

This processed image, taken Jan. 13, 2015, shows the dwarf planet Ceres as seen from the Dawn spacecraft. The image hints at craters on the surface of Ceres. Dawn's framing camera took this image a...

+ Titanic Deluge -- Annotated This series of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows changes on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, as the transition to northern spring brings methane rains to...

In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower Friday, August 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

InSight's instrument deck and Elysium Planitia as seen from the spacecraft's robotic-arm mounted camera.

Saturn's moon Hyperion's crater, Meri, blooms in this extreme color-enhanced view. Meri is overprinted by a couple of smaller craters and displays dark material on its floor that is characteristic ...

New Radiation Belt August 5, 2004 The magnetospheric imaging instrument onboard Cassini recently discovered a new radiation belt...

Artist rendering of NASA's Dawn spacecraft approaching Mars.

Spots on Saturn April 2, 2004 Full-Res: PIA05385 As Cassini closes in on Saturn, its view is growing sharper with time and now re...

The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument onboard Cassini has found an unusual bright, red spot on Titan. This dramatic color (but not true color) image was taken during the April 16...

Eyes on Xanadu October 25, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06107 This image taken on Oct. 24, 2004, reveals Titan's bright "continent-sized...

Saturn's moon Prometheus, seen here looking suspiciously blade-like, is captured near some of its sculpting in the F ring.

Saturn's F ring displays magnificent structure following the passage of Prometheus. Atlas (32 kilometers, or 20 miles across) is seen between the A and F rings, above center. This view looks towar...

The Cassini spacecraft observes the wrinkled surface of Enceladus. The geologically active south polar region is visible at bottom. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing side of Enceladus (504 ...

This artist's impression shows the 'light curve' produced by a star passing behind Titan, Saturn's biggest moon. When such occultation events take place, the light from the star is blocked out. B...

The Galilean satellite Io floats above the cloudtops of Jupiter in this image captured on the dawn of the new millennium, January 1, 2001 10:00 UTC (spacecraft time), two days after Cassini's close...

This image taken on August 17, 2016 from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a complex set of fractures found in the southwestern region of the floor of Occator Crater on Ceres.

Cassini Approaches Saturn The above image is an artists' rendition of the Cassini spacecraft approaching the planet Saturn and its magnificent rings. The glint of light behind the magnetometer ...