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Members of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering at Louisiana State University stand...
iss065e081297 (May 28, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur swaps sample...
P-34690 Field of View : 1,000 km. or 600 miles This photograph of Neptune's moon Triton was acquired by Voyager 2....
iss071e522745 (Aug. 19, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Mike Barratt swaps sample...
iss059e034507 (April 23, 2019) --- NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain install the Materials ISS...
jsc2019e039831 (7/8/2019) --- A view of the Hourglass Apparatus schematic. The Hourglass investigation examines the...
This VIS image shows a short section of Reull Vallis. Reull Vallis starts in Promethei Terra and empties into Hellas...
In-flight photo of the NASA F-15B used in tests of the X-33 Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials. Flying at...
The MEPHISTO experiment is a cooperative American and French investigation of the fundamentals of crystal growth....
iss073e0222463 (June 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim waves for a portrait...
iss028e016106 (7/12/2011) --- View of a Materials on International Space Station Experiment - 8 (MISSE-8) installed...
This VIS image shows a short section of Reull Vallis. Reull Vallis starts in Promethei Terra and empties into Hellas...
The purpose of the experiments for the Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace (AADSF) is to determine...
jsc2019e039832 (7/8/2019) --- A view of the Hourglass Apparatus. The Hourglass investigation examines the...
Dr. Jan Rogers (left) and Larry Savage (foreground) of the Science Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space Flight...
jsc2019e039834 (7/8/2019) --- A preflight view of the Hourglasses on a tabletop. The Hourglass investigation...
This VIS image shows part of the floor of Rabe Crater. The floor of Rabe Crater has undergone several surface...
The objective of this facility is to investigate the potential of space grown semiconductor materials by the vapor...
Tithonium Chasma has numerous large landslide deposits. The resistant material of the plateau surface forms the...
Orville Wright makes the first powered, controlled flight on Earth as his brother Wilbur looks on in this image...
This 0.5-inch x 0.5-inch (1.3 x 1.3 centimeter) square of unbleached muslin material from the Wright brothers' first...
This enhanced color image of Ceres' surface was made from data obtained on April 29, 2017, when NASA's Dawn...
This view, captured on Oct. 18, 2015 from an altitude of 915 miles 1,470 kilometers by NASA Dawn spacecraft, shows...
The elongated hills in this VIS image are a feature termed yardangs. Yardangs are formed by wind activity in regions...