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Six Spacecraft in August

Filed under pretty pictures, explaining image processing, pics of spacecraft in space, MESSENGER, Venus Express, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory), Cassini

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Six Spacecraft in August Six robotic spacecraft as they appeared on or close to August 5, 2012. The images are rendered, with the exception of Venus Express, in NASA's "Eyes on the Solar System" simulator. From top to bottom: MESSENGER at Mercury, Venus Express, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at Earth's moon, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the spacecraft carrying the Curiosity rover just before it landed on Mars, Cassini at Saturn.

NASA/JPL/ESA - D. DUCROS

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This image is in the public domain. Original image data dated on or about August 5, 2012

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