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iss053e143976 (Nov. 11, 2017) --- Red lettuce is pictured being cultivated inside the Veggie facility for the Veg-03...
Angie Huerta, a first-year Ph.D. student studying particle physics at the University of Notre Dame, recently...
S69-31080 (18 April 1969) --- Suited astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU),...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians position the the Minus Eighty...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians install the the Minus Eighty...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians prepare to install the the Minus...
High school students screen crystals of various proteins that are part of the ground-based work that supports...
Engineers use OPTIMISM, a full-size replica of NASA's Perseverance rover, to test how it will deposit its first...
NASA's Perseverance Mars will use a tool on its robotic arm to abrade the rock, nicknamed "Rochette," at the center...
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars. The mission will not only seek out and study an...
NASA’s Stardust spacecraft has gathered dozens of images from its January fly-by of Comet Wild 2. (Pronounced Vilt...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, a technician prepares to install the the...
This artist's concept shows a close-up of NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying an outcrop. The mission will not only seek...
Associate Administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, left, and Mars Sample Return...
High school students screen crystals of various proteins that are part of the ground-based work that supports...
NASA's 2020 Mars rover mission will go to a region of Mars thought to have offered favorable conditions long ago for...
Perseverance deputy project scientist, JPL, Ken Williford, screen left, and Participating scientist for returned...
This is a breathtaking moonlit view of Apollo 17 on the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC). The seventh...
This artist's rendition depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover studying its surroundings. The mission will not only seek out...
High school students screen crystals of various proteins that are part of the ground-based work that supports...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory performed tests on rocks such as this one to understand why the first...
Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, left, gives remarks during a NASA Perseverance rover press...
This image of the hole drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover during its first sample-collection attempt was imaged by...
This artist's concept depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars. The mission will not only seek out and study an...