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Curation teams process the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in a cleanroom, Sunday, Sept. 24,...
Panoramic of some of the exhibits available on the campus of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) during their...
Posters for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) "TouchTomorrow" education and outreach event are seen posted...
A University of Waterloo Robotics Team member tests their robot on the practice field two days prior to the NASA-WPI...
The Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) is one of the flight missions making up the Mars Sample Return campaign to bring...
This illustration depicts the Mars Earth Entry System for the Mars Sample Return campaign. The system would contain...
Six facsimile sample tubes hang on the sample tube board in the offices of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover mission at...
A technology demonstration flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services)...
Mars 2020 Mars Sample Return Briefing with representatives from NASA, the European Space Agency, and the University...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dropped this prototype to learn how a future Sample Return Lander...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen following rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen from the cockpit of a helicopter as recovery teams participate...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A recovery team member is seen with the training model of the sample return capsule following a drop test in...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
From left to right, NASA Astromatierals Curator Francis McCubbin, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott...
From left to right, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis...
A technician working on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission takes a sample from the surface of sample tube 241...
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen en route to the cleanroom, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023,...
Lockheed Martin System Safety Engineer Victoria Thiem performs preliminary checks on the sample return capsule from...
University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, second from the left, answers questions from...