Doug Ellison

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Dad, Husband, Mars Rover Crew Chief. Opinions and views expressed are my own. Not a NASA account. Contains strong language. He/Him. www.dougellison.com

Bethany Stevens @NASASpox On July 25, an initial onsite inspection by the NASA Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) emergency response team found wildfire damage primarily to pavement and surrounding vegetation, with no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings. Additional inspections and testing will continue as safety procedures allow. The situation remains dynamic, and comprehensive assessments will proceed as conditions stabilize and access improves. Meanwhile, NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program has seamlessly transitioned mission support to its other Deep Space Communications Complexes in Goldstone, California and Canberra, Australia, ensuring continuity of operations and uninterrupted spacecraft communications. The safety of NASA personnel remains the agency's highest priority. All personnel at MDSCC are safe, and NASA extends its sincere gratitude to Spanish emergency responders and members of The Ministry of Defense, The Ministry of Interior, and The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for their professionalism and tireless efforts in helping protect the facility under extremely challenging conditions. NASA is also thinking of its partners at the European Space Agency (ESA), whose colleagues continue to be affected by the broader wildfire emergency. NASA will continue to monitor the situation closely and provide updates as new information becomes available.
Mars captured against the absolute black of deep space. The planet is shown in a three-quarter illuminated view, with its characteristic rusty red-orange hue dominating the disc. There is a bright white patch near the lower-left of the planet's face.
A square black and white fisheye camera view of Mars. A dark patch from where a rock got picked up, and a broken up rock from where it dropped off a drill visible at the top of frame.
A photograph of the whole earth. It is mainly blue with white clouds, beige land masses and tinged with green auroras at the top and bottom
A cargoon drawing of boy wearing an astronaut helmet and his dog sitting in a box marked 'NASA'. They are looking at the night sky where clusters of 3, 7 and 7 stars are shining bright. In a speech bubble the boy is saying "SOME STARS ARE JUST MEANT TO SHINE BRIGHTER THAN OTHER....TO HELP LIGHT OUR WAY"
The same mosaic but now in a set of orange and teal tones in a gradient from left to right.
A mosaic of a mars terrain where it looks lit red from one side and blue from the others. Rocky foreground on the left, the hardware of a mars rover on the right - a hazy horizon in the middle and a rover shadow. It's blotchy showing it assembled from several images.
Black and white mosaic of a mars terrain. Rocky foreground on the left, the hardware of a mars rover on the right - a hazy horizon in the middle and a rover shadow. It's blotchy showing it assembled from several images.
A circular bowl decorated with a landscape scene. The inner surface of the bowl is painted to resemble a landscape with mountains. The top portion is a bright, clear blue sky transitioning into a warm yellow-gold sun. The lower portion depicts dark, rugged terrain. The bowl is sitting on a dark surface with a pattern of bright, colorful, geometric dots and lines.
Looking down the grass of the national mall to the large pointed spire of the Washington Monument. Hundreds of families are stood on the grass flying kites in the air. Kites of all colors are flying all the way as far as you can see.
A black and white mosaic of images from Mars. A distant hazy horizon is punctuated by a white mount and various layered hills and butted. At the bottom is the rear of the Curiosity Mars rover - a gray cylindrical antenna is next to a white finned RTG.
A purple sports car with a yellow stripe down the middle on a race track . The car is driving toward you.
A short animation of panning around a black and white asteroid. Only half the asteroid is visible and the 'back' appears to be missing. Much of the asteroid is a light grey color and has many small craters and a few boulders.
The cover of science magazine from 18 April 2025. A mars terrain image takes most of the page with rover tracks at the bottom. In the middle white text says "Carbonates on Mars"
A map of lots of asteroid orbits around the sun. One called 2003 UE is highlights. The map has hundreds of small blue dots clustered around the sun and many lines of orbits circling around it seen from nearly edge on. A clock at the bottom reports Mar 17 2025
A small black and white image of a planet. We see the whole globe of mars - it's fuzzy, a bright patch is at the top, and then dark and light grey areas on the surface. A red arrow is pointing out a small piece of dark grey terrain sticking up near the middle of the globe.
A view across a large valley. The valley floor is a patchwork of brown and white salt flats, the mountain's opposite are snowcat, bands of clouds run across the sky in gray and pink patterns. This is Dante's view in death valley.
A dark grey rolling landscape with a giant crater depression - the far wall of the depression has exposed red/beige layered outcrops on its wall. There is a footpath leading around the rim of the crater. Distance beige/grey/brown hills are beyond the crater and a blue sky has a few scattered clouds.
A night time skyline looking over a house. There is a tree on the left and one prominent brown planet in the sky as well as a couple of dimmer stars.
And iPad looking out a window at some tall buildings and park beyond. Dust is being lifted from the park by strong winds.
Screenshot of an animation program. Controls on the left have large arrows for moving and rotating up/down/left/right and in the middle a grey wireframe terrain pokes through a red wireframe ocean.
Red, brown and cream coloured layered hills with light brown and green meadow in the foreground
A small brown deer peering around a tree with fall colour leaves in the background.
Sunset over a parking lot
grainy black and white photo of some low rise industrial buildings in the middle ground, a tall pine tree in the foreground blocking a rising sun in the background.
a dark black and white photo with the silhouette of a testbed mars rover in a garage
mutliple large prints of a mars rover infront of sand dunes and rocks coming out of a large printer