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Multimedia - Pictures

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Planets

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Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter
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Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto & Charon

Mars

A sunset on Mars
Taken by the Mars Pathfinder Lander

A mosaic of the surface of Mars
Taken by the Mars Pathfinder Lander

An overhead view of the
27km high Olympus Mons

A close up of a rock on Mars
Taken by the Mars Pathfinder Lander

Asteroids

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Asteroid 'Eros'
Taken from NEAR

A close up of Eros
Taken by NEAR at 7km distance

A close up mosaic of Eros
Taken by NEAR at 8km distance

Perseus A

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Perseus A X-Ray Galaxy Perseus A X-Ray Galaxy Perseus A X-Ray Galaxy

Rockets/Space Stations

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The Apollo 13 Saturn V 
rocket blasting off.

The habitation module of the
International Space Station

The Apollo 13 re-entry
capsule after re-entry to Earth

The Apollo 13 Command and service module with its side panel blown off.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis on Mission
STS-76 lands at Edwards Air Base

Space Shuttle Atlantis on Mission
STS-76 is airlifted to the Kennedy Space Centre

The Apollo 11 LM leaving the moon


Pictures Courtesy of Nasa/Jpl