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May 27, 2008 CHARM Telecon
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May 27, 2008
History of Saturn's Rings
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This animation illustrates Jupiter's magnetic field.
Jupiter's Magnetic Field
A striking view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and turbulent southern hemisphere.
Jupiter Marble
The primordial contact binary Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 as seen by New Horizons.
Composite Image of 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule)
A plane flies in front of a Blue Moon in July 2015.
Blue Moon and Jet Over Virginia
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the final resting place of Israel's Beresheet Moon lander.
Beresheet Moon Impact Site
We are going to the Moon, to stay, by 2024. And this is how.
We Are Going
In this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, ripples in the sand indicate which way the wind is moving.
Wind Flow on Mars
The Moon's Mons Piton as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
On and Around Mons Piton
Three views of the Martian moon Phobos as viewed in visible light by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter.
Odyssey's Three Views of Phobos in Visible Light
Three different views of the Martian moon Phobos, as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter using its infrared camera.
Odyssey's Three Views of Phobos
This infrared image from Juno gives an unprecedented view of the southern aurora of Jupiter.
Juno's View of Jupiter's Southern Lights
Map of the trajectory NASA's Magellan spacecraft took to explore Venus.
Magellan Trajectory Map
The Magellan spacecraft is deployed from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
STS-30 Magellan Spacecraft Deployment
A map of Venus compiled from data recorded by the Pioneer Venus Orbiter spacecraft.
Pioneer Venus Orbiter Map of Venus
Artist's concept of DART mission.
The DART Mission
This is NASA InSight's second full selfie on Mars.
InSight's Dusty Selfie
This is NASA InSight's first full selfie on Mars. It displays the lander's solar panels and deck.
InSight's First Selfie
A 3D model of Deimos, one of two moons of Mars.
Deimos 3D Model
A meteor shower produced by debris from Halley's Comet, asteroids named after dinosaurs, and a "blue moon" on May 18th.
What's Up: May 2019 Skywatching from NASA
NASA's Curiosity rover captured this sunset view at Mars' Gale crater in 2015.
Sunset at Mars' Gale Crater (Curiosity)
The Sun sinks below the horizon in this stunning panoramic view captured by NASA's Spirit Mars rover in 2005.
Sunset at Mars' Gusev Crater (Spirit)
The Sun rises over Mars' Utopia Planitia in this Viking 2 image.
Sunrise on Mars (Viking 2)
This Viking 1 image is one of first images of a sunset as seen from the surface of Mars.
Sunset on Mars (Viking 1)
Opportunity turned its rover eyes skyward to observe clouds drifting overhead that look like cirrus clouds on Earth – featherlike formations composed mostly of ice crystals.
Watching Martian Clouds Go By
This movie shows winter clouds drifting across the skies at "Endurance Crater."
Cloudy Skies on Mars
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Former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Edward Stone — currently the David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at Caltech and the project scientist for NASA's Voyager mission for the past 47 years — has been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy.
Shaw Prize in Astronomy Awarded to Ed Stone
From now till Sept. 30, the public can submit names to be etched on microchips that will fly on the Mars 2020 rover and receive a souvenir boarding pass.
NASA Invites Public to Submit Names to Fly Aboard Next Mars Rover
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection of a planetary magnetic field that changes over time, a phenomenon called secular variation.
NASA's Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field
NASA’s New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69.
NASA's New Horizons Team Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results
The Next Full Moon is a Blue Moon, the Flower Moon, the Corn Planting Moon, the Milk Moon and Buddha Purnima.
May 2019: The Next Full Moon is a Blue Moon
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) completed 60,000 orbits around the Red Planet at 10:39 a.m. PDT (1:39 p.m. EDT) on May 15, 2019.
60,000 Orbits for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
