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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover drilled this hole to collect sample material from a rock target called "Buckskin" on...
This illustration depicts three different of models of NASA's solar-powered Mars helicopter. In the upper right is...
On Earth when scientists melt metals, bubbles that form in the molten material can rise to the surface, pop and...
Comparison of ground-based (left) and Skylab (right) electron beam welds in pure tantalum (Ta) (10X magnification)....
iss066e023273 (October 29, 2021) -- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 66 commander Thomas Pesquet...
iss066e023259 (October 29, 2021) -- Expedition 66 astronauts are pictured with the first harvest of chile peppers...
iss066e023260 (October 29, 2021) -- Expedition 66 astronauts are pictured with the first harvest of chile peppers...
iss066e023165 (October 29, 2021) -- A red chile pepper is seen floating above a cutting board during the tasting of...
iss066e023272 (October 29, 2021) -- A green chile pepper is seen floating as Expedition 66 crew members conduct a...
Astrobiologists like Jason Dworkin are keenly interested in the origins of life on Earth, but the evidence that they...
Closeup of the sample chamber being inserted into the ELVIS box.
Dale Cruikshank and Bishun Khare with Ice Tholen Sample.
DUMMY SAMPLE FENCES AND WATER CODED SQUARE NOZZLE
Unbrazed and Brazed Tensile Sample, photography in the lighting studio
Scientists in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center...
This footage from 1969 shows researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center examining samples of Moon rocks and soil...
Paul Mahaffy (right), principal investigator for Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation at NASA's...
jsc2022e057883 (5/12/2022) --- A close up view of six sample cuvettes that are planned to hold five human skin...
iss062e075249 (March 3, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir swaps media that...
STS-65 Mission Specialist (MS) Leroy Chiao (top) and MS Donald A. Thomas are seen at work in the International...
jsc2019e063626 (Nov. 5, 2019) --- (From left) Andria Mosie, Charis Krysher and Juliane Gross, lunar sample curators,...
iss070e005393 (12/182023) --- NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is shown performing steps to extract and amplify DNA...
jsc2019e063585 (Nov. 5, 2019) --- (From left) Andria Mosie, Charis Krysher and Juliane Gross, lunar sample curators,...
The millimeter-scale circles and irregular gray particles in this sample are formerly molten droplets ejected into...