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Hubble rocks out with heavy metal stars! This 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, NGC 6496, is home to...
This 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, NGC 6496, is home to heavy-metal stars of a celestial kind! The stars...
Metal Spring near Phoenix Footpad
iss071e522127 (Aug. 21, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps configures the...
Preparing to journey to a metal world, a milestone for a simulated Mars mission, and celebrating an anniversary for...
An entranced youngster watches a demonstration of the enhanced resilience of undercooled metal alloys as compared to...
Angie Jackman, a NASA project manager in microgravity research, demonstrates the enhanced resilience of undercooled...
Scientists at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory make a rocket nozzle using a new 3-D printing technique that allows for...
jsc2020e040944 (7/8/2020) --- Copper zirconium antenna metal mesh. The Exposure Experiment of Copper-Zirconium...
jsc2020e040943 (9/10/2020) --- An example of a copper zirconium antenna metal mesh on a deployable reflector. The...
jsc2020e040945 (7/10/2020) --- Copper zirconium antenna metal mesh. The Exposure Experiment of Copper-Zirconium...
jsc2020e040942 (4/18/2015) --- Copper zirconium alloy wire. The Exposure Experiment of Copper-Zirconium Antenna...
jsc2020e040941 (9/3/2018) --- Copper zirconium alloy wire being produced. The Exposure Experiment of...
jsc2020e040940 (9/3/2018) --- Copper zirconium alloy wire being produced. The Exposure Experiment of...
Pat Doty (right) of NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) demonstrates the greater bounce to the ounce of metal...
Pat Doty (right) of NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) demonstrates the greater bounce to the ounce of metal...
An elephant supposedly never forgets, but apparently some metals can have a pretty good memory too! Shape memory...
Pat Doty (right) of NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) demonstrates the greater bounce to the ounce of metal...
iss071e523326 (Aug. 21, 2024) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Suni Williams, Pilot for Boeing's Crew Flight Test,...
Marshall researcher studies hydrogen diffusion and corrosion effects on metals.
Don Sirois, an Auburn University research associate, and Bruce Strom, a mechanical engineering Co-Op Student, are...
There are millions of asteroids in our solar system, so why is NASA going to the asteroid Psyche? Scientists...
Drew Smith, a robotics engineer and lab manager with the Exploration Research and Technology programs at NASA's...
Drew Smith, a robotics engineer and lab manager with the Exploration Research and Technology programs at NASA's...