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iss072e363182 (Dec. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams assembles the European...
The dark material in this VIS image of Danielson Crater are dunes at the foot of the fill material located on the...
This crater appears to be in the process of being covered over by downslope movement of material. These large slopes...
The ridges on the floor of this crater are made of a more resistant material that their surroundings. Erosion is...
iss073e0071487 (May 15, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers swaps sample...
As the construction continued on the International Space Station (ISS), STS-118 Astronaut Dave Williams,...
Solar material repeatedly bursts from the sun in this close-up captured on July 9-10, 2016, by NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
S71-51315 (1 Oct. 1971) --- A close-up view of soybean tissue culture growing in a synthetic medium and Apollo 15...
Embayment relationship is displayed where mottled plains material laps up against higher standing plains material in...
This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta shows Teia crater, which is the crater with bright and dark...
Many of the Valles Marineris canyons, called chasmata, have kilometer-high, light-toned layered mounds made up of...
This image was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 5, 2018 from an altitude of about 34 miles (55...
Dr. Richard Weber and Ms. Emma Clark from Materials Development Inc. during a visit to the MSFC electrostatic...
iss073e0222456 (June 27, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim removes research...
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, surged off the side of the sun on May 9, 2014, and NASA's newest solar observatory...
Aram Chaos contains several layers of fill material
NASA Glenn’s Natural Gas/Oxygen Burner Rig is used to study the high temperature performance of various metal...
S70-20416 (December 1969) --- Enlarged view show hypervelocity impact on iron particles of lunar surface material...
Scientists are exploring how aerogel, a translucent, Styrofoam-like material, could be used as a building material...
This image taken by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey shows a portion of the floor of Melsa Chasma. Wind blown material is...
This image is located in the Tyrrhena Terra region. The cause of the bright markings/material is unknown. It is...
There is a large deposit of material on the floor of Nicholson Crater, as seen in this image from NASA 2001 Mars...
S69-53666 (30 Sept. 1969) --- A close-up view of numerous fern plants growing in a sprinkling of lunar soil brought...
A sample of polymethyl methacrylate, also known as Plexiglas, was burned in the Saffire-V experiment. Ribs were...