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S69-60424 (29 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dropped this prototype to learn how a future Sample Return Lander...
This illustration depicts the Mars Earth Entry System for the Mars Sample Return campaign. The system would contain...
S75-23543 (April 1972) --- This Apollo 16 lunar sample (moon rock) was collected by astronaut John W. Young,...
NASA's Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is home to the most cherished -- and scientifically important -- relics of...
This illustration shows a concept of what a rover fetching rock and soil samples on Mars for return to Earth could...
The Perseus proof-of-concept vehicle in flight at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California in 1991....
HQ-197 - 1969 - Color - 28 minutes. Emphasizing the scientific studies involved and the pinpoint accuracy of the...
Engineer Abel Dizon explains how drop tests are conducted for a prototype lander being designed by NASA's Jet...
S87-35313 (15 May 1987)--- This artist's rendering illustrates a Mars Sample Return mission under study at Jet...
On Saturday, November 26, NASA is scheduled to launch the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission featuring Curiosity,...
This photograph of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was taken during the Apollo 15 mission. Powered by battery, the...
The terrain for the scientific work conducted by ICESCAPE scientists on July 4, 2010, is Arctic sea ice and melt...
STS042-17-001 (22 Jan 1992) --- Astronaut David C. Hilmers, mission specialist, looks over a checklist at the...
The Magnetically Damped Furnace (MDF) breadboard is being developed in response to NASA's mission and goals to...
A planetary protection engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepares samples for analysis on March 20, 2024....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians position the the Minus Eighty...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians install the the Minus Eighty...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians prepare to install the the Minus...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, a technician prepares to install the the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, the Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer...
One of NASA's unmanned, remotely controlled aircraft, the Perseus B, is seen here before its first flight at the...
The first United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1) was one of NASA's science and technology programs that...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the Space Life Sciences Laboratory near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...