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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot installs research components inside the Advanced Space Experiment Processor‑2

iss074e0316030 (Feb. 18, 2026) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Sophie...

JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi replaces components on an experimental carbon dioxide removal device

iss073e0118813 (May 28, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander...

Astronauts Takuya Onishi and Nichole Ayers replace components on an experimental carbon dioxide removal device

iss073e0118793 (May 27, 2025) --- Astronauts Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and Nichole...

Dark Materials at the Snowman

This mosaic from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows dark material near a series of craters known as the nowman on asteroid...

Working End of Robotic Arm on Phoenix

This illustration shows some of the components on and near the end of the robotic arm on NASA Phoenix Mars Lander....

Location of DAN on Curiosity

This image of NASA Curiosity rover shows the location of the two components of the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons...

Self-Portrait by Opportunity Mars Rover in January 2014

NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded the component images for this self-portrait about three weeks...

Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector

Some key components of a NASA-funded instrument being developed for the payload of the European Space Agency ExoMars...

Terra Sabaea

This old crater in Terra Sabaea has patterned floor material that is indicative of having a volitile component. At...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (second from right) checks out a camera and cables for the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) in the Space Station Processing Facility. Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (right) checks out a camera and cables for the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner checks out a camera for the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) in the Space Station Processing Facility. Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities -- the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (left) checks out a camera and cables to be used in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (center, foreground) works with technicians to learn more about the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), known as Kibo. The JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner takes a closer look at the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). Known as Kibo, the JEM consists of six components: two research facilities - the Pressurized Module and the Exposed Facility; a Logistics Module attached to each of them; a Remote Manipulator System; and an Inter-Orbit Communication System unit. Kibo also has a scientific airlock through which experiments are transferred and exposed to the external environment of space. The various components of JEM will be assembled in space over the course of three Space Shuttle missions. Equipment familiarization is a routine part of astronaut training and launch preparations.

Opportunity Tracks Near Crater Rim Ridgeline

The component images for this 360-degree panorama were taken by NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity after the...

Candor Chasma Mesa

In this image from NASA Mars Odyssey, a mantling layer of sediment slumps off the edge of a mesa in Candor Chasma...

MAVEN EUV Broll

MAVEN's Extreme Ultraviolet instrument (EUV) is tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The...

How to Pluck a Spectrum from a Planet

This diagram illustrates how astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope can capture the elusive spectra of...

First Stars or Stray Stars? A Cosmic Infrared Mystery

Our sky is filled with a diffuse background glow, known as the cosmic infrared background. Much of the light is from...

Typhoon Bilis

As super Typhoon Bilis, equal in strength to a category 5 hurricane, bore down on Taiwan, these images from August...

A Wet Chemistry Laboratory Cell

This picture of NASA Phoenix Mars Lander Wet Chemistry Laboratory WCL cell is labeled with components responsible...

Working on Curiosity in JPL Spacecraft Assembly Facility

This wide-angle view shows the High Bay 1 cleanroom inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA Jet Propulsion...

Schematic of Sample Analysis at Mars SAM Instrument

This schematic illustration for NASA Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument shows major...