Spacecraft Images Capture the Imagination

Spacecraft images captivate people’s imagination, shifting people’s understanding of our planet’s place within space. Some images have even become cultural icons. Scientists can immediately process uncompressed satellite images for details enhancement, contrast adjustment and color manipulation as well as adding filters. Archival-quality images contain similar metadata as consumer digital cameras, such as exposure times and…

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Who Founded Mars?

In the centuries since astronomers first observed Mars with telescopes, people have been fascinated with its rocky surface and its potential for life. Many stories of life on the planet have been told and countless books and movies have been written. For a long time it was believed that the red planet had canals built…