August 26, 2014 CHARM Telecon

A partial view of the deck of NASA's InSight lander, where it stands on the Martian plains Elysium Planitia. The image was received on Dec. 4, 2018 (Sol 8).

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

A composite image of MU69 taken a month before New Horizon's Jan. 1, 2019 flyby.

My name is Mana. Europa is my favorite It is that it is one of the very few places in our solar system that could potentially have life.

Hello, my name is Janelle. I think the best topic is number 2, Titan.

Hi, Everyone! My name's Morgan. My favorite topic is Enceladus.

Welcome to the Scientist for a Day 2018-2019 essay contest.

A Delta II-Heavy rocket propelled NASA's Dawn spacecraft into space on its journey to the asteroid belt. 

This series of images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows asteroid Bennu in one full rotation from about  50 miles (80 km).

Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system.

This series of images from NASA's Juno spacecraft captures changing cloud formations across Jupiter's southern hemisphere. A cloud in the shape of a dolphin appears to be swimming through the cloud...

Pre-landing press kit for NASA's Mars InSight mission.

Pre-launch press kit for NASA's Mars InSight mission.

Jezero Crater is the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover.

The University of Arizona's commemorative poster celebrating OSIRIS-REx's arrival at asteroid Bennu in December 2018.

WE. ARE. NASA. And after 60 years, we're just getting started.

NASA's Dawn mission by the numbers:

NASA's Mercury-bound Mariner 10 on the launch pad in 1973.

This "super-resolution” view of asteroid Bennu was created using eight images obtained by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. 

Aerial platforms can now be equipped to investigate the structure of Venus' atmosphere and its circulation, and also to determine the chemical nature of the gaseous atmosphere and clouds.

The interaction of the solar wind with the Martian moon Phobos creates a complex electrical environment that could impact future exploration.

Dawn's futuristic, hyper-efficient ion propulsion system allows Dawn to go into orbit around two different solar system bodies, a first for any spacecraft.

Deep Space 1 spacecraft at a distance of 2.3 million miles (3.7 million kilometers) from Earth.

On Mars the seasonal polar caps are composed of dry ice (carbon dioxide). 

A simplified visualization of Saturn's magnetic field, or magnetosphere.