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CT scans of the spcimens on STS-79 reveal internal cone-shaped features and radial patterns not seen in specimens...
MSFC MECHANICAL ENGINEER BRIAN WEST, (L), DEMONSTRATES STRUCTURED LIGHT SCANNING PROCESS TO MEMBERS OF THE BREMEN,...
ISS030-E-155938 (20 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, sets up the Integrated...
This artist concept depicts the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph IUVS on NASA MAVEN spacecraft scanning the upper...
Forward Welch rack, SLAP instrument and aft Welch rack; view looking aft
antenna and external fairing mounted on UC-12B; view looking forward
SLAP instrument installed in forward nadir portal; view looking forward
power converter and Applanix unit installed in Welch rack; Welch rack mounted on aft riser
SLAP antenna and external fairing mounted on UC-12B; view looking aft
SLAP control unit installed in forward Welch rack; view looking aft
A scanning electron microscope photograph of iron crystals which grow in a small vug or cavity in a recrystallized...
ISS032-E-011853 (1 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut...
ISS030-E-155942 (20 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, prepares to use the...
The Diode Laser Hygrometer, or DLH is an instrument uses a laser sensor to detect concentrations of water vapor in...
The instruments that make up the Ames Autonomous Module Scanner (AMS) that provided precise thermal-infrared imaging...
This scanning electron microscope image of a polished thin section of a meteorite from Mars shows tunnels and curved...
ISS029-E-025270 (3 Oct. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, performs a SPRINT leg muscle...
ISS029-E-025280 (3 Oct. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, performs a SPRINT leg muscle...
This radar image of the Midland/Odessa region of West Texas, demonstrates an experimental technique, called ScanSAR,...
The HIWRAP is the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler, a "conically scanning" Doppler radar,...
This scanning electron microscope image shows speroidal features embedded in a layer of iddingsite, a mineral formed...
ISS009-E-17439 (10 August 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke (foreground), Expedition 9 NASA ISS science...
Data from the GPM Core Observatory will enable the first ever "CAT scans" from space of blizzards in the...
Some news about our Moon to Mars Architecture, chalk up another one for our frequent flyer on Mars, and yes, this...