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The first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket is in position on the mobile tower (at right) at Launch Complex 17. At...
ISS018-E-034074 (20 Feb. 2009) --- Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, works with the LOH-...
iss064e007106 (Nov. 30, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins is pictured...
NASA astronaut Christina Koch exits the vacuum test chamber for the Interaction Heating Facility (IHF) of the Ames...
David Blake, principal investigator for Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy investigation at NASA's Ames Research...
Astronaut Michael Clifford places a liquid nitrogen Dewar containing frozen protein solutions aboard Russia's space...
iss072e310952 (Dec. 3, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit processes bacteria...
iss056e142862_alt (8/13/2018) --- Astronaut Ricky Arnold prepares samples for the Barrios Protein Crystal Growth...
Electrostatic levitation system inside Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) vacuum chamber. The ESL uses static electricity...
iss070e035116 (Dec. 1, 2023) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight...
iss071e040122 (April 23, 2024) --- Expedition 71 Flght Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Matthew Dominick, both NASA...
iss056e142871_alt (8/13/2018) --- Astronaut Ricky Arnold prepares samples for the Barrios Protein Crystal Growth...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, foam...
Brian Muirhead, Pre-project Manager of Mars Sample Return at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is seen during a...
iss056e098995 (July 26, 2018) --- Astronaut Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) works inside the Japanese...
jsc2023e053546 (3/3/2023) --- Granular Sound: open sample cell, partially filled with glass beads, with one...
iss059e072412 (May 24, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Nick Hague transfers research samples into a specialized science...
Dr. Jan Rogers and Dr. Michael Robinson operate the Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight...
Brian Muirhead, Pre-project Manager of Mars Sample Return at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is seen during a...
Astronaut Tom Akers places a liquid nitrogen Dewar containing frozen protein solutions aboard Russia's space Station...
iss065e056832 (May 22, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei services donor cell...
STS085-339-006 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, pilot, checks on the Solid Surface Combustion...
iss065e056808 (May 22, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei services donor cell...
iss050e057444 (3/15/2017) --- NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough removing a storage locker in the Minus Eighty-degree...