But the company that operates the orbiting camera, Malin Space Science Systems of San Diego, California, says that the white smudge looks like the craft's parachute.
Bearded men in checked shirts spread out around the space in which our camera is set up and start to check everything out.
The screen is framed with about 2mm of bezel at the sides, with space above it for the aforementioned VGA camera and earpiece.
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Well, what if we told you that Mission Repair has received spare parts (image posted after the break) that appear to show a space for a camera module in exactly the same spot.
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The first thing you'll notice, once you get past the space-age design, is the fact that the camera really does feel like a rebranded Sony NEX device slipped into a new shell, and as such, it takes those Sony e-mount lenses.
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It is equipped with the largest camera ever launched into space.
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It may be that the tiny craft is simply too small for the camera to spot, and will remain lost in space until higher resolution imagery of Mars is available.
The top, on the other hand, is a whole lot of empty space -- there's no camera here or on the rear, a "tradeoff, " according to company reps, but one they're confident won't distract from the devices greater mission: reading.
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On Thursday, the telescope's Wide Field Camera was replaced, giving the telescope an even deeper view into space - and thus into the history of the Universe.
Ken Edgett with Malin Space Science Systems, which operates the camera for NASA, compared some of the newest Mars images for the group that gathered last week in Buffalo, New York, with those taken from 1976 to 1980 by the two Viking landers.
The camera is mounted in Huntsville, Alabama, at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Leave your shoes, phone, camera and any other electronics outside and enter the Zen-like space.
Kuzar said the fifth hole would be tested for oxygen, and a camera may be lowered down the shaft, although the small amount of space may limit its usefulness.
It's been a while since we last heard of the ISERV Pathfinder, an imaging instrument that consists of a camera, telescope and pointing system that was sent up to the International Space Station last July.
"The UrtheCast camera will support the ISS and continue to inspire youth to pursue advanced studies in space sciences and spark interest in science, technology, engineering and the environment, " says Dr.Williams.
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In "Jules and Jim, " Raoul Coutard's camera permits light to flood into the frame, which endows each composition with depth and space as well as imparting an extraordinary sense of naturalism to the scenes in the Alsatian countryside.
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That's when Inspector Gadget goes into action, traveling back and forth across the triple-braided tether at a snail-like .006 mph, all the while using its built-in camera to search for damage caused by radiation, micrometeoroids, and other nasty space stuff.
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