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iss071e462410 (Aug. 9, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Mike Barratt installs a new sample...
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is using its self-driving capabilities as it treks across Jezero Crater seeking signs...
This map shows where NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will be dropping 10 samples that a future mission could pick up....
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with nine of the 10 sample tubes it deposited at a sample depot created...
NASA's Perseverance rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture this enhanced color view of the eroded eastern edge...
Shown here is a representation of the 21 sample tubes (containing rock, regolith, atmosphere, and witness materials)...
S72-56362 (27 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. "Jack" Schmitt (facing camera), Apollo 17 lunar module...
The first cored sample of Mars rock is visible (at center) inside a titanium sample collection tube in this from the...
iss053e047057 (Sept. 26, 2017) --- Flight Engineer Joe Acaba installs botany gear for the Veggie facility to...
iss050e019639 (12/18/2016) --- A view during VEG-03 harvest and stow of Red Romaine lettuce, in the Columbus Module....
jsc2021e019955 (8/10/2015) --- A preflight photo of a Mini Coldbag. The Mini Coldbag is a temperature control...
ISS043E228727 (05/21/2015) --- The SpaceX Dragon craft is poised and ready to be released from the International...
iss050e019642 (12/28/2016) --- NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough during VEG-03 harvest and stow of Red Romaine lettuce,...
jsc2021e019953 (2/15/2006) --- A preflight photo of a Double Coldbag with the lid open. The Double Coldbag is a...
This illustration shows NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Perseverance will search...
iss064e022520 (Jan. 13, 2021) --- Flight Engineer Shannon Walker tends to plants growing inside the Veggie plant...
jsc2019e017352 (3/1/2019) --- The Canadian Space Agency's Bio-Analyzer is a liquid sample analysis device that will...
iss068e039389 (Jan. 9, 2023) --- Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration...
jsc2021e019956 (8/10/2015) --- A preflight photo of a Mini Coldbag with the lid open. The Mini Coldbag is a...
jsc2021e019951 (6/10/2015) --- A preflight photo of a Double Coldbag. The Double Coldbag is a passive resource that...
jsc2021e019952 (6/10/2015) --- A preflight photo of a Double Coldbag. The Double Coldbag is a passive resource that...
iss062e120699 (April 3, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir gathers frozen...
This illustration shows NASA's Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Perseverance will search...
An update on development of a human lunar landing system, the final four sites selected for our first asteroid...