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ISS030-E-148257 (14 March 2012) --- Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument...
ISS030-E-148273 (14 March 2012) --- Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument...
ISS030-E-148260 (14 March 2012) --- Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument...
ISS030-E-148268 (14 March 2012) --- Controlled by teams on the ground, Robonaut 2 humanoid robot holds an instrument...
Take a look at the new Measurement Systems Laboratory (MSL) at NASA Langley Research Center, a new, state-of-the-art...
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) Portfolio implemented the Capability Challenge “Optical...
This graph shows the percentage abundance of five gases in the atmosphere of Mars, as measured by the Quadrupole...
Sensitive instruments mounted on booms extending forward of the wing measure air turbulence and its effect on the...
The Fly’s Eye Geostationary Lightning Mapper Simulator will map lightning strikes using 30 photometers, instruments...
This graphic, released on Dec. 10, 2020, shows the basic radar measurements, called waveforms, collected by the...
This chart graphs measurements made by the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons DAN instrument on NASA Mars rover Curiosity...
On January 14, 2008, NASA MESSENGER spacecraft Mercury Laser Altimeter MLA became the first instrument to measure...
This picture shows a lab demonstration of the measurement chamber inside the Tunable Laser Spectrometer, an...
This image shows the distribution and amount of carbon dioxide in Earth mid-troposphere in July 2008 as measured by...
A technician inspects NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument in a clean room at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ECOSTRESS...
The Olympic Mountain Experiment, or OLYMPEX, is a NASA-led field campaign, which will take place on the Olympic...
The ChemCam instrument on NASA Curiosity Mars rover fired its laser 50 times at its onboard graphite target showing...
Engineers Marleen Sundgaard (left) and Pranay Mishra measure their test lander's "workspace" -- the terrain where...
This graphic shows tenfold spiking in the abundance of methane in the Martian atmosphere surrounding NASA Curiosity...
This graphic compares the radiation dose equivalent for several types of experiences, including a calculation for a...
Surface relative humidity anomalies in percent, during July 2011 compared to the average surface relative humidity...
This plot shows the first-ever look at the deuterium to hydrogen ratio measured from the surface of Mars, as...
Micrograys are unit of measurement for absorbed radiation dose. The vertical axis is in micrograys per day. The RAD...
This image, made by the quadrupole mass spectrometer in the SAM suite of instruments in NASA Curiosity Mars rover....