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Webb Science Instruments Briefing, 2 PM, EST, Thur, Nov 18, 2021; Michelle Thaller, NASA/GSFC Office of...
Some say the science instrument on NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission resembles the Star Wars robot...
A technician is installing the bolts that will hold the MIRI, or Mid-Infrared Instrument, to the composite...
Engineers Tom Huber (behind MIRI) and Mick Wilks (inside black ISIM Structure) check that MIRI is integrated...
Engineers are checking to make sure that MIRI is precisely positioned with the ISIM as it slides into position. They...
The MIRI itself weighs 181 pounds (82 kg) and is being held by a special balance beam (on the left of the photo),...
This artist conception of NASA Mars Science Laboratory portrays use of the rover ChemCam instrument to identify the...
This 2015 diagram shows components of the investigations payload for NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission. Mars 2020 will...
Video file for media and public use. It’s nearly time for the scientific heart of NISAR – an Earth science satellite...
At NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's final destination in space, one million miles away from Earth, it will...
At NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's final destination in space, one million miles away from Earth, it will...
At NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's final destination in space, one million miles away from Earth, it will...
Footage of MAVEN's science instruments. This editor's resource version contains extended shots of each instrument...
The high resolution imaging science experiment HiRISE is one of six science instruments for NASA Mars Reconnaissance...
Footage of MAVEN's science instruments, including the magnetometers built by NASA GSFC; the IUVS instrument built by...
NASA Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument, largest of the 10 science instruments for NASA Mars Science Laboratory...
This drawing of the Mars Science Laboratory mission rover, Curiosity, indicates the location of science instruments...
This illustration of NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft shows the location of the onboard science instruments that are...
Take a look at the new Measurement Systems Laboratory (MSL) at NASA Langley Research Center, a new, state-of-the-art...
The High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) instrument head, which houses the lidar instrument, is installed onto the...
The two main parts of the ChemCam laser instrument for NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission are shown in this...
The science payload of NASA Phoenix Mars Lander includes a multi-tool instrument named the Microscopy,...
Researchers prepare for a test of the Chemistry and Camera ChemCam instrument that will fly on NASA Mars Science...
This schematic illustration for NASA Mars Science Laboratory Sample Analysis at Mars SAM instrument shows major...