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Photos

Our image page includes a selection of photos of both our projects and the people who work on them.

Media are welcome to publish any of the images on the page as long as the correct credit line included with each image is given. If you have questions regarding either the use or size of any of these images, please contact our Photo Editor, Donna Stevens, at donna.stevens@planetary.org.

Solar Sail

More images are available within the Solar Sailing section

Click to enlarge > Cosmos 1 with solar panels open Moscow, NPO Lavochkin, May 2005: Cosmos 1 viewed in its final packaging process, with solar panels open. Credit: The Planetary Society, NPO Lavochkin

Click to enlarge > Cosmos 1 Moscow, NPO Lavochkin, May 2005: A close-up of the spacecraft with the solar panels folded. Credit: The Planetary Society, NPO Lavochkin

Click to enlarge > Artist's Conception of Cosmos 1 in Flight Cosmos 1 in flight, reflecting the Earth. Print resolution (5MB) Created: 2005. Credit: Rick Sternbach, The Planetary Society

SETI@home

Click to enlarge > A Sky Map of SETI@home's Most Promising Candidates The locations of SETI@home's most promising candidates in the Arecibo sky. The blue areas mark the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. The yellow squares mark the locations of the most promising candidates. Credit: SETI@home

Optical SETI

Click to enlarge > Primary Mirror of The Planetary Society's Optical SETI Telescope at Oak Ridge Construction of Planetary Society's Optical SETI telelscope in Oak Ridge, Massachusetts. The primary mirror on 16 February 2002. Credit: Paul Horowitz

Red Rover Goes to Mars

The Mars Exploration Rover DVD

Click to enlarge > Spirit's DVD on Mars This close-up of Spirit's Mars DVD was created by the Student Astronauts on January 4, 2004 by combining three images captured through different filters on Sol 2 of its mission on Mars. Note the secret code around the edge. The Planetary Society created the DVD. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Opportunity's DVD on Mars This close-up of Opportunity's Mars DVD was created by the Student Astronauts on January 24, 2004 by combining three images captured through different filters on Sol 2 of its mission on Mars. Note the secret code around the edge. The Planetary Society created the DVD. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/The Planetary Society

The MarsDial

Click to enlarge > Spirit's MarsDial: 11:01 AM, Local Solar Time MarsDial on Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on 14 January 2004 at the Gusev Crater site. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/The Planetary Society

Mars Stations

Click to enlarge > Screen Shot of the Mars Station Operator's Control Panel Screen shots of the Mars Station Operator's Control Panel, with images captured through the camera on the Carl Sagan Memorial Mars Station. Visitors can drive the rover at The Planetary Society's website. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > A LEGO Rover in a Mars Station A LEGO version of the Sojourner rover explores the Carl Sagan Memorial Mars Station. Credit: The Planetary Society

Student Astronauts

Click to enlarge > Press Conference with Student Astronauts at JPL The Jet Propulsion Laboratory invited Courtney Dressing (USA) and Rafael Morozowski (Brazil) to speak at a press conference on January 8, announcing the successful acquisition of images of the MarsDial and the DVD. Also on the panel were Albert Haldemann, Jim Bell, Matt Wallace, and Henry Stone. 8 January 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Tomas, Susini, Courtney and Rafael in the Student Astronaut Office Susini de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Tomás Kogan (Spain) were the second pair of Student Astronauts to arrive, on January 9, 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Abby, Shih-Han, Vignan and Wei Lin in the Student Astronaut Office First day on duty for Vignan Pattamatta (India) and Tan Wei Lin (Singapore). Also pictured are Abby Fraeman (USA) and Shih-Han Chen (Taiwan). 22 January 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Celebrating Opportunity's First Images Tan Wei Lin (Singapore), Abby Fraeman (USA), Shih-Han Chen (Taiwan) and Vignan Pattamatta (India) celebrate as the stunning images from Opportunity show up, one after another. 25 January 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Janice and Maciej with a Model of the Rover Janice de Berg(USA) and Maciej Hermanowicz (Poland)'s first day at the office. 2 February 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Saatvik, David, Maciej and Janice with Geoff Landis Saatvik Agarwal (India), Dàvid Turczi (Hungary), Maciej Hermanowicz (Poland), and Janice de Berg (USA) get a lesson from atmospheric scientist Geoff Landis. 6 February 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Kristyn and Cheng-Tao have a lesson on RAT from Steve Gorevan In Opportunity's Science Assessment Room, Rock Abrasion Tool Payload Element Lead Steve Gorevan, of Honeybee Robotics, took some time to explain to Kristyn Rodzinyak (Canada) and Cheng-Tao Chung (Taiwan) how the RAT works. He let them pick up and investigate an engineering model of the RAT. 15 February 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Cheng-Tao, Camillia, Kristyn and Nomathemba listening to Rob Manning Entry, Descent, and Landing Manager Rob Manning uses Mars Orbiter Camera photos of the landing site to give a dramatic retelling of the landing of Opportunity to Kristyn Rodzinyak (Canada), Cheng-Tao Chung (Taiwan), Camillia Zedan (UK), and Nomathemba Kontyo (South Africa). 20 February 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Cheng-Tao, Camillia, Nomathemba, and Kristyn with a Scale Model of the Rover Cheng-Tao Chung(Taiwan), Camillia Zedan (UK), Nomathemba Kontyo (South Africa), and Kristyn Rodzinyak (Canada) pose in front of a Mars Exploration Rover model. 20 February 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society

Click to enlarge > Nomathemba and Camillia Presenting a 3D Image On their last day at JPL, Nomathemba Kontyo (South Africa) and Camillia Zedan (UK) made a presentation to the Opportunity Science Assessment Meeting about the Student Astronauts' work with the MarsDial images. 28 February 2004. Credit: The Planetary Society