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S72-38463 (19 May 1972) --- In an isolated area of the Manned Spacecraft Center's Lunar Receiving Laboratory,...
Kim Nelson, left, of Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville, FL, helps Steven Nepowada, right, of Terry Parker High...
ISS020-E-14196 (FOR RELEASE 21 JULY 2009) --- A moon rock brought to Earth by Apollo 11, humans? first landing on...
ISS020-E-010028 (15 June 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 20...
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. The mission takes the next step by not...
jsc2018e076186 (Aug. 23, 2018) --- Vice President Mike Pence (right) visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston...
ISS020-E-14200 (FOR RELEASE 21 JULY 2009) --- A moon rock brought to Earth by Apollo 11, humans? first landing on...
jsc2018e076189 (Aug. 23, 2018) --- Vice President Mike Pence visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug....
Chemist Arna Holmes, left, from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, teaches NaLonda Moorer, center, and Maricar...
ISS020-E-007383 (FOR RELEASE 21 JULY 2009) --- A moon rock brought to Earth by Apollo 11, humans? first landing on...
This GIF shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snagged two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – on Dec. 2 and 6, 2022. This...
After 1,000 Martian days of exploration, NASA’s Perseverance rover is studying rocks that show several eras in the...
The first public display of a sample from asteroid Bennu is seen, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at the Smithsonian’s...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event to unveil the first public display of a sample from...
On September 8, 2016, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began its journey to near-Earth asteroid Bennu. As the sun began...
Smithsonian Under Secretary for Science and Research Ellen Stofan delivers remarks during an event to unveil the...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson uses a microscope to view a sample from asteroid Bennu, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at the...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event to unveil the first public display of a sample from...
National Museum of Natural History curator of meteorites Tim McCoy delivers remarks during an event to unveil the...
El 24 de septiembre, a las 8:55 MST, la cápsula de la misión Orígenes, Interpretación Espectral, Identificación de...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson delivers remarks during an event to unveil the first public display of a sample from...
A sample from asteroid Bennu is seen prepared on a microscope slide, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at the Smithsonian’s...
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson uses an electron microscope to view a sample from asteroid Bennu, Friday, Nov. 3,...