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Deena Dombrosky (Zin Technologies Engineer) is shown here filling a Procter & Gamble (P & G) sample that will be...
ISS018-E-034555 (20 Feb. 2009) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, takes a moment for a...
ISS020-E-010021 (15 June 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk (left) and Japan Aerospace...
A Memphis student working at the University of Alabama in Huntsville prepares samples for the first protein crystal...
iss070e005386 (Oct. 18, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli uses a portable...
DR. BINAYAK PANDA LOADS A SAMPLE IN THE IMS-6F SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROSCOPE’S ULTRA HIGH VACUUM CHAMBER. IT IS...
iss070e035114 (Dec. 1, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli uses a portable...
ISS008-E-06300 (28 November 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS...
iss071e486706 (Aug. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson swaps out sample...
iss049e012024 (9/28/2016) --- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is photographed performing sample processing, setup of the...
iss056e200803 (10/3/2018) - European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena...
Michael Meyer (left), lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, speaks at a news conference...
jsc2019e052824 (8/23/2019) --- Preflight view of the CommuBioS Payload Enclosure. Complex Micro(?)-Biological System...
General oayout of Electrostatic Levitator (ESL). The ESL uses static electricity to suspend an object (about 2-3 mm...
jsc2023e031079 (3/31/2023) --- University of Winnipeg student Nathalie Turenne removes the protective cover from...
ISS008-E-06309 (28 November 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS...
Metal droplet levitated inside the Electrostatic Levitator (ESL). The ESL uses static electricity to suspend an...
iss064e020142 (Jan. 5, 2021) --- Expedition 64 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins loads engineered heart...
iss065e277007 (Aug. 19, 2021) --- Expedition 65 Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
Graph depicting Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) heating and cooling cycle to achieve undercooling of liquid metals....
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Stardust spacecraft is ready for the sample return capsule to be...
iss064e011391 (Dec. 8, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins shakes an...
A Memphis student working at the University of Alabama in Huntsville prepares samples for the first protein crystal...
Memphis students working at the University of Alabama in Huntsville prepare samples for the first protein crystal...