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Eighth Frame
Full size & info: flic.kr/p/2pHBL86
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

Mission: ESA Mars Express
Orbit 7982
Instrument: HRSC
Time: 2010-03-26T12:18:52.587Z
Filter: ND
Product IDs:
H7982_0000_ND3.IMG

Notes: all images above are colorised and are a single shot, not a composite. More info on the related links.

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Solar panels become less effective the farther spacecraft travel from the Sun. For missions to the outer solar system and beyond, NASA uses RTGs - nuclear-powered batteries that can provide consistent electricity for decades. An astrophysicist explains: theconversation.com/radioisoto 🛰️ #space

The ConversationRadioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
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“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.”

— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team

Curiosity's latest workspace imaged on mission sol 4480 (March 14, 2025 ) after a drive of 24 meters (~79 ft). This composite image is assembled from 15 overlapping L-MastCam sub-frame images. The workspace covers an area about 2 meters (~6.5 feet) across, and shows details within the workspace accessible to the instruments and tools on the rover's 2 meter-long robotic arm. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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