NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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2024 has launches, Mars samples, and more ✨

• The NISAR satellite, a NASA - ISRO mission to study Earth’s dynamic surfaces and changing ecosystems, is set to launch from India.
• #MissionToPsyche continues its journey to a metal-rich asteroid that could teach us about the origins of our solar system.
• NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover will begin its 3rd year collecting Martian samples....
• In October, NASA's Europa Clipper Mission is set to launch on its 1.8 billion-mile journey to Jupiter's icy moon.
• A trio of mini rovers called CADRE, which will work autonomously to map the lunar surface, are getting closer to their Moon mission.

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An illustration shows the Psyche spacecraft flying in space. The background shows white dots as stars that are moving and the square body of the spacecraft is in the center tilted a bit. Both purple-hued solar panels are extended out in the shape of a plus sign on each side.
The main body of the NISAR satellite is shown inside of a testing chamber. The space is shown from the vantage point at the very bottom looking up toward the top of the cylinder-shaped chamber. The coloring is slightly tinged with gold from the gold blanketing on the NISAR body. Everything is vertical and along the right side of the spacecraft is a white crane. The rest of the chamber is covered in gray and black testing material.
One of a trio of mini lunar rovers called CADRE is shown moving over a rock in a testing space at JPL. The copper colored solar panels extend over the body of the rover and the viewpoint is shown from the ground. The silver wheels are going over the rock and appear slightly off the ground as it moves over it. There are two people and trees in the far background.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft is shown in a bright, white clean room at JPL. The vault of the spacecraft, toward the right, is covered in silver blanketing. There are white ladders and stepladders surrounding the spacecraft.
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