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NASA Art by Rick Guidice The Torus Wheel from 'Space Settlements; A Design Study' in colonization sponsored by NASA...
ISS038-E-029059 (12 Jan. 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Rick...
ISS038-E-029065 (12 Jan. 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Rick...
ISS038-E-029062 (12 Jan. 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Rick...
ISS038-E-029077 (12 Jan. 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Harmony node, NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins,...
ARTIST: Rick Guidice Space Colonization; inside the sphere gravity is strongest along the equator. as on moves...
ISS038-E-029065 (12 Jan. 2014) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Rick...
Artist: Rick Guidice Space Colonization - Bernal Sphere - The residential area is in the central sphere. Farming...
iss065e335890 (Aug. 31, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur installs the...
iss065e335909 (Aug. 31, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur installs the...
Within five days, bioreactor cultivated human colon cancer cells (shown) grown in Microgravity on the STS-70 mission...
ISS038-E-000232 (11 Nov. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 38 crew members aboard the International Space Station used...
NASA Public Affairs Officer Alise Fisher, left, NASA James Webb Space Telescope Program Scientist and Astrophysics...
A NASA Social attendee is seen wearing a headband featuring Webb mirrors during a briefing with NASA Public Affairs...
A NASA social attendees and members of the media are seen during a briefing with NASA Public Affairs Officer Alise...
MS. STILSON: Well, Joshua from Jacksonville asks can you grow seeds in space. MS. HIRE: Yes, we can. We can grow...
jsc2021e037279 (11/15/2019) --- Girl Scouts prepare experiments as part of a STEM collaboration with the Girl Scouts...
jsc2021e037278 (11/15/2019) --- Girl Scouts prepare experiments as part of a STEM collaboration with the Girl Scouts...
jsc2021e037280 (11/15/2019) --- Girl Scouts prepare experiments as part of a STEM collaboration with the Girl Scouts...
jsc2021e037281 (11/15/2019) --- Girl Scouts prepare experiments as part of a STEM collaboration with the Girl Scouts...
Astronaut John Blaha replaces an exhausted media bag and filled waste bag with fresh bags to continue a bioreactor...
ISS002-E-6080 (2 May 2001) --- The Phantom Torso, seen here in the Human Research Facility (HRF) section of the...
The heart of the bioreactor is the rotating wall vessel, shown without its support equipment. Volume is about 125...
For 5 days on the STS-70 mission, a bioreactor cultivated human colon cancer cells, which grew to 30 times the...