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Researcher checks model of Project Fire Reentry package to be tested in Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel. Project FIRE...
Josh Litofsky leads a Gateway lunar dust adhesion testing campaign at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. His...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This 100-pound Mundrabilla meteorite sample is being studied in Wyle Laboratory's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This 100-pound Mundrabilla meteorite sample is being studied in Wyle Laboratory's...
As part of the project FIRE study, technicians ready materials to be subjected to high temperatures that will...
jsc2026e034369 (April 28, 2026) --- Image of RubyRed staining of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm obtained with a...
jsc2026e034367 (April 28, 2026) --- Image of Staphylococcus colonies grown on agar in preparation for ground testing...
Watch this video to see the first solid rocket booster test for Space Launch System (SLS) missions beyond Artemis...
Watch this video to see the first solid rocket booster test for Space Launch System (SLS) missions beyond Artemis...
Edgar Reyes, a materials engineer and recent graduate of The University of Texas at El Paso, visually inspects a...
jsc2024e065167 (10/3/2024) --- Render of the Nanolab Astrobeat module core. This investigation tests cold welding in...
Cadmium selenium Quantum Dots (QDs) are metal nanoparticles that fluoresce in a variety of colors determined by...
Materials engineer Thomas Lipscomb tests a 3D printer on July 28, 2022, at Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space...
White Sands Test Facility conducts Odor Testing in accordance with NASA Standards. Odor assessment is the human...
S69-40740 (July 1969) --- Dr. Ross Taylor (seated), Australian National University, and John Allen, Brown and...
jsc2024e065166 (10/3/2024) --- Render of the Nanolab Astrobeat module core. This investigation tests cold welding in...
One of three Mechanics of Granular Materials (MGM) test cells after flight on STS-79 and before impregnation with...
What appear to be boulders fresh from a tumble down a mountain are really grains of Ottawa sand, a standard material...
What appear to be boulders fresh from a tumble down a mountain are really grains of Ottawa sand, a standard material...
The calibration target for SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics &...
STS052-152-026 (22Oct-1 Nov 1992) --- Backdropped over eastern Egypt, the Canadian-built remote manipulator system...
Spencer Wells, a mechanical engineering technician, welds a part of a camera enclosure which will be used at Launch...
Tim Evans, a mechanical engineering technician, uses a computer numerical control (CNC) machine to machine a part...
Thomas Lipscomb, a materials engineer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, prepares a vacuum chamber for...