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A container with the science canister from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen aboard a C-17 Globemaster aircraft,...
NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, left, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
This artist concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the entry, descent and landing sequence...
Shown here is a representation of the 21 sample tubes (containing rock, regolith, atmosphere, and witness materials)...
This illustration depicts the exterior of a sample tube being carried aboard the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. About...
S71-43050 (August 1971) --- A close-up view of Apollo 15 lunar sample No. 15305 in the Non-sterile Nitrogen...
This map shows where NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will be dropping 10 samples that a future mission could pick up....
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this portrait of its recently completed sample depot using its Mastcam-Z...
NASA Office of Communications Senior Science Communications Officer Karen Fox introduces, from left to right, NASA...
SpacePRIDE Team members Chris Williamson, right, and Rob Moore, second from right, answer questions from 8th grade...
Intrepid Systems robot "MXR - Mark's Exploration Robot" takes to the practice field and tries to capture the white...
Wunderkammer Laboratory Team leader Jim Rothrock, left, answers questions from 8th grade Sullivan Middle School...
In this 30 minute exposure, star trails are seen above Michael Army Air Field and Dugway Proving Ground, Sunday,...
NASA Program Manager for Centennial Challenges Sam Ortega help show a young visitor how to drive a rover as part of...
A visitor to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event helps...
NASA communications teams and members of the Air Force’s 2nd Audiovisual Squadron participate in television...
Children visiting the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event try to...
NASA communications teams and members of the Air Force’s 2nd Audiovisual Squadron prepare a backdrop, Sunday, Aug....
AS12-49-7286 (20 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, drives a core sample tube into the lunar...
This subframe image from the left Mastcam on NASA Mars rover Curiosity shows the covers in place over two sample...
This frame from an animation shows NASA Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm scoop delivering a sample to the Thermal and...
S73-16199 (December 1972) --- A close-up view of Apollo 17 lunar sample number 72415,0 which was brought back from...
S73-16198 (December 1972) --- A close-up view of Apollo 17 lunar sample number 72415,0 which was brought back from...
University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, right, answers questions from reporters...