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S81-26158 (Feb 1981) --- A close-up view of a training version of a STS-40/SLS-1 blood kit. Blood samples from...
Martian Dust Collected by Phoenix Arm
An instrument on our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured its 100 millionth image of the sun. The instrument is...
AS17-134-20425 (11 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake...
Drawing blood is a regular part of life aboard the International Space Station, supporting research on how the human...
Snow White Trench Prepared for Sample Collection
AS17-134-20426 (11 Dec. 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collects lunar rake samples at Station 1...
This photograph shows Skylab's Particle Collection device, a scientific experiment designed to study micro-meteoroid...
This chart describes Skylab's Particle Collection device, a scientific experiment designed to study micro-meteoroid...
AS16-106-17340 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is...
AS16-117-18826 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young collects samples at the North Ray Crater geological site...
AS16-117-18825 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 commander, with a sample bag in his left hand,...
Shown here is an annotated composite image of the interiors of the 33 tubes NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has used...
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder AIRS onboard NASA Aqua satellite collects data and creates a temperature profile,...
AS16-114-18423 (21 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed collecting...
The dart and associated launching system was developed by engineers at MSFC to collect a sample of the aluminum...
The US Marine Corps Reserve Collected Toy Donations for the 2024 Holiday Season. Samantha Yousef and two members of...
These 26 holes represent each of the rock samples NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has collected as of early July 2020. A...
This GIF shows NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collecting two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – with a...
ISS019-E-017918 (19 May 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, collects a sample...
Astromaterials processors Mari Montoya, left, and Curtis Calva, right, use tools to collect asteroid particles from...
S93-45376 (29 Sept 1993) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon, STS-58 payload commander, participates in data collection for...
iss071e414062 (Aug. 3, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Mike Barratt collects and...
This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on August 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in...