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NASA Glenn Researcher James Wu assembles a lithium-metal based battery lab cell incorporating a new solid polymer...
This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows the once-abandoned mining town of Silver Peak, Nevada, which began to...
In Clayton Valley, Nevada, lithium has been produced since 1966. Currently it is produced by pumping lithium-rich...
STS051-08-037 (12-22 Sept 1993) --- Three members of the astronaut class of 1990 change out a lithium hydroxide...
S119-E-006645 (19 March 2009) --- Astronauts John Phillips (left) and Joseph Acaba, both STS-119 mission...
S115-E-06528 (9-21 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Joseph R. Tanner (left) and Daniel C. Burbank, both STS-115 mission...
S116-E-05293 (10 Dec. 2006) --- Astronauts William A. (Bill) Oefelein (bottom) and Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-116...
S115-E-06526 (9-21 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Christopher J. Ferguson, STS-115 pilot, changes out a lithium hydroxide...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– On display at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is one of the variety of alternative...
jsc2021e052199 (9/7/2021) --- A preflight view of the Space Demonstration for All Solid-state Lithium Ion Battery...
AS13-62-8929 (11-17 April 1970) --- Interior view of the Apollo 13 Lunar Module (LM) showing the "mail box," a...
Salar de Atacama (Atacama salt flats) in Chile's Atacama Desert receives 2 mm rain per year. Its attraction are the...
S125-E-011454 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut Scott Altman, STS-125 commander, works with lithium hydroxide (LiOH)...
S126-E-011514 (26 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Eric Boe, STS-126 pilot, checks on the lithium hydroxide canisters...
S125-E-011450 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut Scott Altman, STS-125 commander, works with lithium hydroxide (LiOH)...
iss069e086485 (Sept. 11, 2023) --- Lithium mining activities are pictured in northern Argentina from the...
ISS022-E-012224 (15 Dec. 2009) --- Evaporation ponds in the Salar de Atacama, Chile are featured in this image...
S125-E-011510 (19 May 2009) --- Astronaut Megan McArthur, STS-125 mission specialist, works with lithium hydroxide...
S131-E-009609 (13 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter, STS-131 commander; and Japan Aerospace Exploration...
S119-E-008447 (25 March 2009) --- Astronaut John Phillips (left) and Joseph Acaba, both STS-119 mission specialists,...
MARK HILBURGER, PROJECT ENGINEER FROM LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER (LARC) WITH THE ALUMINUM-LITHIUM CYLINDER USED IN THE...
iss063e049941 (July 16, 2020) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy works during a six-hour spacewalk to install three...
STS080-331-030 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- Astronauts Kent V. Rominger, STS-80 pilot, and Tamara E. Jernigan, mission...
iss061e126557 (Jan. 15, 2020) --- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir takes an out-of-this-world "space-selfie" during a...