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iss071e487310 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick mixes and...
Schematic of Electrostatic Levitator (ESL) electrodes and controls system. The ESL uses static electricity to...
John Grotzinger (center), Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, speaks at a...
ISS020-E-007566 (6 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer,...
Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator for Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation at NASA's Goddard...
ISS020-E-007577 (6 June 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, Expedition 20 flight engineer,...
John Grotzinger, Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, answers a reporter's...
iss065e277599 (Aug. 19, 2021) --- Expedition 65 Commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
iss073e0001017 (4/23/2025) --- A view of the ICE Cubes Experiment Cube #9 that hosts the Aging in Microgravity...
iss071e462410 (Aug. 9, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Mike Barratt installs a new sample...
S69-40752 (August 1969) --- Landrum Young, Brown and Root - Northrop technician examines mice in the Animal...
John Grotzinger (second from left), Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology in Pasadena,...
S72-48891 (September 1972) --- Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission participate in...
Brian Muirhead, Pre-project Manager of Mars Sample Return at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory answers a question by...
S70-50762 (November 1970) --- A line drawing illustrating layout view of the modular equipment transporter (MET) and...
A 3 mm drop of nickel-zirconium, heated to incandescence, hovers between electrically charged plates inside the...
This enhanced-color sample reveals the incredible diversity of landforms on some Martian plains that appear bland...
A dust devil whirled by in the distance as one of the cameras on NASA's Perseverance captured the Mars rover coring...
On February 15, 2013, a 45-meter asteroid called Duende (formerly 2012 DA14) passed within 28,000 kilometers of...
For the Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission, researchers and flight technicians from NASA and its partners are...
The Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft waits for launch at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air...
Inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers guide the Stardust spacecraft toward an...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers guide a protective canister as it is lowered over the Stardust...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraft waits for installation of the fairing...