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Graph depicting Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) heating and cooling cycle to achieve undercooling of liquid metals....
S122-E-010920 (18 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Rex Walheim (right), STS-122 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser...
The mast-mounted portion of SuperCam awaits integration into the Perseverance rover. Part of SuperCam is contained...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, workers install the Orbiter Boom Sensor...
S128-E-006982 (30 Aug. 2009) --- Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas (left), STS-128 mission specialist, uses a handheld...
NASA’s Operation IceBridge has wrapped up its 2015 Arctic field campaign after covering a vast expanse of science...
S122-E-010922 (18 Feb. 2008) --- Astronaut Rex Walheim (right), STS-122 mission specialist, uses a handheld laser...
ISS036-E-035205 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
S131-E-007302 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter (left), STS-131 commander; Stephanie Wilson and...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations...
ISS028-E-019437 (29 July 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev, Expedition 28 flight engineer, works...
ISS028-E-020928 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev (out of frame), both...
STS085-312-019 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, mission specialist, uses a battery-powered,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers check wiring being installed in Discovery’s...
The countdown clock is seen as preparations continue for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche...
This is one of two lidar units positioned on either end of Building 4833 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center...
ISS028-E-020962 (3 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both Expedition 28...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations...
Electrostatic levitation system inside Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) vacuum chamber. The ESL uses static electricity...
ISS036-E-035129 (22 Aug. 2013) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Expedition 36 flight engineer, attired in a...
S134-E-010934 (30 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Greg H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot; Michael Fincke (center) and...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is seen at Launch Complex 39A as preparations...
S131-E-007272 (7 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; and Stephanie Wilson, mission...
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is equipped with two microphones that, if all goes as planned, will capture the...