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ISS038-E-029082 (12 Jan. 2014) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition 38 flight...
ISS028-E-018228 (20 July 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander, holds a Petri dish...
STS093-350-008 (22-27 July 1999) --- Astronaut Michel Tognini, mission specialist representing France’s Centre...
EuCROPIS EVT-2 Power Cell in N-239 Lab, Ivan Paulino-Lima with Petri dish and burner
EuCROPIS EVT-2 Power Cell in N-239 Lab, Ivan Paulino-Lima with Petri dish and burner
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
SSBRP Incubator/Small Payloads Development (N-261 Lab 1) with petrie dish speciems, led (red) lights and purple...
ISS015-E-31714 (3 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, poses with a microbial...
ISS015-E-31717 (3 Oct. 2007) --- Astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, poses with a microbial air...
iss066e127275 (Jan. 26, 2022) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Raja Chari works inside the Life...
jsc2025e043585 (4/16/2025) --- Fenugreek seeds are shown in a petri dish as part of the Sprouting Salad Seeds in...
iss066e153092 (Fab. 29, 2022) -- Cotton cell samples, held by NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 Flight Engineer Kayla...
iss060e081535 (9/28/2019) --- A view of the Flex Petri Dishes housed inside NanoRacks Module-86 Module MBRSC -...
jsc2021e036657 (8/11/2021) --- Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings following 9 days of growth on 1.2% agar-based media in...
jsc2025e043584 (4/16/2025) --- Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.; Family: Leguminosae), commonly known as...