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The sensor head on the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument was installed during testing at NASA Jet...
Webb Science Instruments Briefing, 2 PM, EST, Thur, Nov 18, 2021; Michelle Thaller, NASA/GSFC Office of...
Engineers check cables on back of Aquarius instrument in the clean room at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
S71-2250X (June 1971) --- A close-up view of the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) to be flown for the first time...
This artist's concept depicts NASA's InSight lander after it has deployed its instruments on the Martian surface....
A technician is installing the bolts that will hold the MIRI, or Mid-Infrared Instrument, to the composite...
Engineers Tom Huber (behind MIRI) and Mick Wilks (inside black ISIM Structure) check that MIRI is integrated...
The High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) instrument head, which houses the lidar instrument, is installed onto the...
A line drawing illustrating the layout of the Scietific Instrument Module (SIM) of the Apollo 16 Service Module....
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory – from left, Brandon Creager, Juan Gloria, Joshua Nachtigal, and Sonny...
This image from InSight's robotic-arm mounted Instrument Deployment Camera shows the instruments on the spacecraft's...
This video is an introduction into the world of the Goddard Instrument Field Team, known as GIFT. This team of...
This schematic illustration for NASA Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument shows major...
This graphic shows the NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft and the location of its low-energy charged particle instrument. A...
NASA Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument, largest of the 10 science instruments for NASA Mars Science Laboratory...
This image shows the low-energy charged particle instrument before it was installed on one of NASA Voyager...
NASA Aquarius instrument power interfaces are tested prior to connection with the SAC-D service platform at the...
Engineers are checking to make sure that MIRI is precisely positioned with the ISIM as it slides into position. They...
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida work with instruments for Mass Spectrometer...
Instruments for the Mass Spectrometer observing lunar operations (MSolo) are in view inside the Space Station...
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida work with instruments for Mass Spectrometer...
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida work with instruments for Mass Spectrometer...
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida work with instruments for Mass Spectrometer...
Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida work with instruments for Mass Spectrometer...