VICAR is an image file format developed by the
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Federally funded research and development centers, federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in La Cañada Flintridge, California, Crescenta Valley, United States. Founded in 1936 by Cali ...
. It is used to transport images from a variety of space missions including
Cassini–Huygens
''Cassini–Huygens'' ( ), commonly called ''Cassini'', was a space research, space-research mission by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to send a space probe to study the planet Saturn and its system, i ...
and the
Viking Orbiter.
References
External links
Collection of images from the Cassini orbiterVICAR2PNGa tool that converts VICAR images.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Computer file formats
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