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20240522

ASTEROID (2867) STEINS gif

https://sci.esa.int/web/rosetta/-/43356-2867-steins

Target 2867 Steins

Mission Rosetta

Instrument OSIRIS

Instrument Host Orbiter

Instrument Type Imager

Sub Instrument WAC

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Mars Perseverance Sol 1156: Right Mastcam-Z Camera stitch

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired these images using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.

Images acquired on May 21, 2024 (Sol 1156) at the local mean solar time of 12:41:34 to 12:49:06.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

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20240521

Mission: Mars Express

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063316304688?via%3Dihub

MARS EXPRESS

MISSION	INSTRUMENT	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S)
Mars Express	ASPERA-3	R. Lundin (Swedish Institute of Space Science, Kiruna, Sweden)
	HRSC	G. Neukum (Freie Universitaet, Berlin, Germany)
	MARSIS	G. Picardi (Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy), R. Orosei (IAPS, Rome, Italy) and J. Plaut (JPL, Pasadena, USA)
	MRS	M. Paetzold (University of Cologne, Germany)
	OMEGA	J.P. Bibring (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France)
	PFS	M. Giuranna (IAPS, Rome, Italy)
	SPICAM	F. Montmessin (LATMOS, Paris, France)
	VMC	A. Sanchez-Lavega (UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain)

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Sol 4190: Right Navigation Camera gif

wind and dust

Sol 4190: Right Navigation Camera gif

Images taken by NAV_RIGHT_B onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4190 (2024-05-20T06:11:40.000Z) to (2024-05-20T06:12:06.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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20240518

Sol 4187: Mast Camera (Mastcam) stitch

Images taken by MAST_RIGHT onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 4187 (2024-05-17T03:34:48.000Z) to (2024-05-17T03:37:44.000Z)

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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20240516

Manta Ray

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8cfLC7Idhe/?igsh=b2F5b2t4bHBicXh1

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2024-05-01

https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-02-05a

https://www.darpa.mil/program/manta-ray

Unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) that operate for extended durations without the need for human-present logistic support or maintenance offer the potential for persistent operations in forward environments. Such systems could allow traditional host vessels increased freedom of operational flexibility while providing traditional servicing ports with relief of workload.

The Manta Ray program seeks to demonstrate critical technologies for a new class of long duration, long range, payload-capable UUVs. If successful, this new class of UUV will give the combatant commander an amplification of capacity without disrupting current operations by remaining independent of manned vessels and ports once deployed.

The Manta Ray program plans to advance key technologies that will benefit future UUV designs, including, but not limited to:

Novel energy management techniques for UUV operations and undersea energy harvesting techniques at operationally relevant depths;
Low-power, high efficiency undersea propulsion systems;
New low-power means of underwater detection and classification of hazards or counter detection threats;
Mission management approaches for extended durations while accounting for dynamic maritime environments;
Unique approaches for leveraging existing maritime data sets and exploiting novel maritime parameters for high-efficiency navigation and/or C3; and
New approaches to mitigate biofouling, corrosion, and other material degradation for long duration missions.

Manta Ray is a multi-phase effort that includes at-sea demonstration of critical technologies. The program is using a disciplined systems engineering approach to define demonstration system objectives and identify enabling technologies needed for future systems.

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Io and Europa

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/galileo/

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