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jsc2020e004941 (2/7/2020) --- A preflight view of the Airborne Particulate Monitor (APM) engineering unit. APM...
S70-20418 (December 1969) --- Enlarged view shows cosmic dust on broken glass particles, photographed by Dr. G. J....
NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water...
iss065e241981 (Aug. 12, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Shane Kimbrough conducts...
iss061e040949 (Nov. 15, 2019) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano takes an out-of-this-world...
iss038e001785 (11/14/2013) --- Close-up view of DIAPASON in the U.S. Laboratory aboard the International Space...
iss061e065188 (Dec. 2, 2019) --- The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a cosmic particle detector attached to the...
This artist's concept illustrates the ring of material discovered by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite around the...
ISS038-E-055240 (24 Feb. 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Mike...
iss061e064794 (Dec. 2, 2019) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, attached to the Canadarm2...
jsc2024e043753 (7/10/2024) --- Confocal microscopy image of a bimodal attractive colloidal suspension with size...
The Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar flares (GRIPS) instrument is installed in the B-2 vacuum chamber for a...
This illustration of NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft shows the location of the onboard science instruments that are...
The Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying NASA's Glory...
Colorful bursts of energy above thunderstorms called transient luminous events can be observed from the...
iss066e110531_alt (1/10/2022) --- NASA astronaut Kayla Barron sets up the Mochii microscope. Mochii is a miniature...
iss038e001780 (11/14/2013) --- A view of NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, posing with DIAPASON, in the U.S....
The faint glow of an aurora is seen over Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday,...
The Bonner Ball Neutron Detector measures neutron radiation. Neutrons are uncharged atomic particles that have the...
S70-20416 (December 1969) --- Enlarged view show hypervelocity impact on iron particles of lunar surface material...
ISS034-E-035764 (28 Jan. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), Russian...
iss066e110547 (1/10/2022) --- A view of the Mochii microscope sample load aboard the International Space Station...
iss061e033521 (Nov. 11, 2019) --- Astronauts Luca Parmitano (left) and Andrew Morgan review robotics procedures in...
The faint glow of an aurora is seen over Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday,...