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Visitors to StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's Stennis Space Center, learn about the crew of Space Shuttle...
Panoramic of some of the exhibits available on the campus of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) during their...
Posters for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event are seen posted...
A University of Waterloo Robotics Team member tests their robot on the practice field two days prior to the NASA-WPI...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dropped this prototype to learn how a future Sample Return Lander...
This artist concept shows the proposed NASA Mars sample return mission above the red planet.
This artist concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the launch of the martian sample back...
This artist concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the launch of an ascent vehicle. The solar...
This illustration shows a concept for a set of future robots working together to ferry back samples from the surface...
This illustration shows the proposed process for safely recovering, containing, and transporting Mars samples...
This illustration shows a concept of what a rover fetching rock and soil samples on Mars for return to Earth could...
From left to right, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin, University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen following rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen from the cockpit of a helicopter as recovery teams participate...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A recovery team member is seen with the training model of the sample return capsule following a drop test in...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
This artist concept of the proposed NASA Mars Sample Return mission shows the entry, descent and landing sequence...
This artist concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays a rocket-powered descent stage lowering a...
This artist concept of a proposed NASA and European Space Agency collaboration on proposals for a Mars sample return...
In this illustration of a Mars sample return mission concept, a robotic arm transfers samples of Martian rock and...