This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon…
Gibran, the large impact crater at the top of today’s featured image, hosts a somewhat irregularly shaped 30-km-diameter pit. Such…
In Mercury’s northern plains, Abedin crater stands out as a relatively fresh impact crater. Impact melt that fractured as it…
The bright floor of the crater Lermontov, first imaged by Mariner 10, stands in contrast to the surrounding terrain of…
Inside the large peak-ring basin Praxiteles sits this small, unnamed crater that has been partially flooded with volcanic material. The…
Within Praxiteles, several potential volcanic vents are visible. One such vent, in the bottom left of this image, is particularly…
Dust off those red-cyan 3D glasses again to see Kuiper crater in three dimensions! This anaglyph image was created from…
The image above shows a section of the central peak of Verdi, which has been altered by (you guessed it!)…
The crater at the center of this scene is named for choreographer George Balanchine, as the beautiful swath of diffuse…
JSC2013-E-048421 (24 May 2013) — At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 36/37 prime and backup crews pose for…
