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iss073e0384171 (July 1, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim (right) of NASA draws a blood sample from...
iss072e404007 (Dec. 27, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit stows plant samples...
iss043e198394 (5/15/2015) --- Photographic documentation taken prior to collection of surface and air samples using...
NASA's Mars 2020 rover will store rock and soil samples in sealed tubes on the planet's surface for future missions...
A Memphis student working at the University of Alabama in Huntsville prepares samples for the first protein crystal...
Memphis students working at the University of Alabama in Huntsville prepare samples for the first protein crystal...
ISS018-E-034074 (20 Feb. 2009) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works with the LOH-...
Astronaut Michael Clifford places a liquid nitrogen Dewar containing frozen protein solutions aboard Russia's space...
iss072e310952 (Dec. 3, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit processes bacteria...
iss056e142862_alt (8/13/2018) --- Astronaut Ricky Arnold prepares samples for the Barrios Protein Crystal Growth...
S69-39996 (25 July 1969) --- The first Apollo 11 sample return container, with lunar surface material inside, is...
iss071e040122 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flght Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, both NASA...
iss056e142871_alt (8/13/2018) --- Astronaut Ricky Arnold prepares samples for the Barrios Protein Crystal Growth...
Astronaut Tom Akers places a liquid nitrogen Dewar containing frozen protein solutions aboard Russia's space Station...
iss042e296526 (3/4/2015) --- Photographic documentation taken prior to collection of surface and air samples using...
iss056e142865_alt (8/13/2018) --- Astronaut Ricky Arnold prepares samples for the Barrios Protein Crystal Growth...
iss042e296534 (3/4/2015) --- Photographic documentation taken prior to collection of surface and air samples using...
iss071e486657 (Aug. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson swaps out sample...
S72-38465 (19 May 1972) --- In an isolated area of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Lunar Receiving Laboratory,...
iss072e280736 (Nov. 26, 2024) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Don Pettit and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 72...
iss073e0025371 (5/7/2025) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers prepares to swap sample cassettes inside the Advanced...
iss071e487310 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick mixes and...
iss043e198418 (5/15/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is shown during the collection of surface and air samples...
ISS020-E-007577 (6 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer,...