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ISS008-E-06301 (28 November 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS...
iss060e023992 (Aug. 7, 2019) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano is researching possible causes for...
S69-32233 (22 April 1969) --- Two members of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission participate in a simulation of...
iss056e142865_alt (8/13/2018) --- Astronaut Ricky Arnold prepares samples for the Barrios Protein Crystal Growth...
jsc2022e093066 (12/14/2022) --- The goal of the Euro Material Ageing facility is to get a better understanding about...
iss065e058810 (May 22, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei services donor cell...
NASA Chief Scientist, Jim Green, asks Brian Muirhead, Pre-project Manager of Mars Sample Return at NASA’s Jet...
iss071e486657 (Aug. 15, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Tracy C. Dyson swaps out sample...
S69-40751 (August 1969) --- Landrum Young, Brown and Root - Northrop technician, examines mice in the Animal...
Want to meet a “rock” star? How about two? Andrea Mosie and Juliane Gross work in the Astromaterials lab at NASA’s...
Dr. Jan Rogers, project scientist for the Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight...
ISS020-E-007603 (7 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer,...
Breast tissue specimens in traditional sample dishes. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is sponsoring...
iss065e033958 (May 12, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur services donor cell...
An audience member asks Brian Muirhead, Pre-project Manager of Mars Sample Return at NASA’s Jet Propulsion...
S69-55368 (6 Oct. 1969) --- Two members of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission participate in lunar surface...
iss073e0548958 (Aug. 29, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke inserts a cryogenic...
jsc2023e026245 (12/6/2022) --- A member of the ISS External Microorganisms payload development team demonstrates...
iss069e086233 (9/8/2023) --- A view of sample preparation for centrifuge operations in the Human Research Facility...
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins uses a hammer to get a drive tube into the ground to collect a pristine soil sample...
iss070e024859 (Nov. 14, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Lora O'Hara treats brain...
iss072e280736 (Nov. 26, 2024) --- NASA astronauts (from left) Don Pettit and Butch Wilmore, both Expedition 72...
iss073e0025371 (5/7/2025) --- NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers prepares to swap sample cassettes inside the Advanced...
iss060e062282 (Sept. 13, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA conducts research for the...