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RAILROAD EQUIPMENT, 1942. Apparatus used at the laboratory at the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Companys 40th Street yards for analysing solutions of metals used in locomotives

Illustration of a spacecraft and astronauts at a mining site on Saturns moon Titan
Illustration of a spacecraft and astronauts at a large-scale mining operation site on the surface of Saturns moon Titan. 100 years from now space exploration may have evolved to space exploitation

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer satellite
Artists concept of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) satellite. The IBEX satellite will map the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space

Vent flowing cryogenic fuel on a Centaur rocket engine model
Vent flowing cryogenic fuel and T/C Rake mounted on a 1/10 scale model Centaur in the l0 x l0 Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel. The fuel being used is liquid hydrogen

Artists concept of the James Webb Space Telescope
The shaded side of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as it may appear later this decade when it is observing from the Eartha'Sun L2 point about 930 thousand miles from the Earth

Artists concept of a future lunar exploration mission
Lunar prospectors prepare a remote-controlled rover for exploring and drilling into the regolith in search of exploitable resources

A pair of manned Mars rovers rendezvous on the martian surface. Humans may one day explore the martian surface with the help of pressurized rovers that would provide a shirt sleeve environment while

Artists concept of a martian rover. The rover featured in this image, as seen from the rear, includes wing-like solar voltaic panels suspended above the chassis to supplement its electrical needs

An A / A-18 E / F model tested in a wind tunnel
An 18 percent aeroelastically-scaled, full span F/A-18 E/F model was tested during multiple wind-tunnel entries in the Transonic Dynamics Tunnel

Robonaut 2 poses atop its new wheeled base, Centaur 2, at the Johnson Space Center Planetary Analog Test Site. The Centaur base builds off of lessons learned through the Space Exploration Vehicle

Illustration of a blimp towing a sensor through liquid ethane on Titan
A manned blimp tows a sensor through one of Titans many bodies of liquid ethane in search of new discoveries. A blimp would be an efficient form of transportation given Titans combination of high

Artists concept of a robotic probe exploring a frigid ethane lake on Titan
A robotic probe explores a frigid ethane lake on Titan. This probe carries its own light source as the surface of Titan is only 0.1 percent as bright as the Earth s

Astronauts release a weather balloon on the surface of Titan
A titanian explorer prepares to release a weather balloon while another directs a flood lamp to illuminate the activity. On the left is a supply cart with a portable weather station

Two explorers collect rock samples to take back to their Mars habitat
Two explorers take their vehicle to collect rock samples to take back to their Mars habitat

A lone astronaut drills into the regolith of Gale Crater with only a passing dust devil as company. The astronauts hab can be seen in the distance and is dwarfed by the craters 5km high central mound

The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will help determine if there is water hidden in the permanently dark craters of one of the Moons poles by creating an impact plume that

A lunar shuttle descends toward a manned outpost on the Moon
A dedicated lunar shuttle descends toward a manned outpost on the Moons southern hemisphere

Mars Science Laboratory travels near a canyon on Mars
December 2, 2003 - The Mars Science Laboratory travels near a canyon on Mars in this artists concept. The mission is under development for launch in 2009 and a precision landing on Mars in 2010

Two intrepid explorers discuss the next phase of their exploration of Mars
Two intrepid explorers talk togther on the next phase of their exploration of the Mars planet

An explorer departs a manned rover ina martian canyon
A manned rover pauses in a martian canyon while an explorer in a protective pressurized suit departs. This rover provides a pressurized shirtsleeve environment enabling a crew of two to explore a

Scarecrow, a mobility-testing model for Mars Science Laboratory
October 4, 2007 - Scarecrow, a mobility-testing model for the Mars Science Laboratory, easily traverses large rocks in the Mars Yard testing area at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Illustration of astronauts setting up a base on the Martian surface around their lander vehicle. The first human visitors to Mars would face an environment nearly as hostile as the Earths Moon

A rover explores a rocky, barren moon as a large, water covered world rises above the horizon

A basic flow visualization test of an F-16XL Scamp model
An F-16XL Scamp model, four per cent the size of the full-scale aircraft, is tested in the Basic Aerodynamics Research Tunnel as part of a High Speed Research Program

K-10 Rover Black uses its ground-penetrating radar in a polar desert environment

An artists depiction of the close pass of comet C / 2013 A1 over Mars
An artists depiction of the close pass of comet C/2013 A1 over the Martian landscape. Also known as comet Siding Spring which is the Australian observatory that discovered the object

Wake Vortex flow visualization tests of a Boeing 747 model

Artists concept of the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite, also referred to as ICEsat. The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)

K-10 Rover Red uses its 3-D scanning systems during field tests in the frost rubble zone of Earth

Mars outpost near mesa
A manned habitat rests on the rocky and desolate surface of Mars. In the background is a mesa and on the right a manned rover

The Active Flexible Wing model undergoing tests in a wind tunnel
This multiple-exposure photograph shows the Active Flexible Wing model at several pitch positions. Key accomplishments of this program included single and multiple- mode flutter suppression

Artists concept of the area surrounding the Huygens landing site
January 14, 2005 - This is an artists interpretation of the area surrounding the Huygens landing site, based on images and data returned January 14, 2005

Illustration of astronauts exploring the surface of Saturns moon Titan during a blizzard. A forbidding blizzard of ethane ice flakes immobilizes two explorers and their surface transportation

Female explorers study ancient Egyptian ruins and artifacts
On a world unlike Earth, two female explorers study ancient Egyptian ruins and artifacts. Their conclusion is that some ancient star trekking civilization left these structures behind on different

Seabee completes a generator check during a Command Post Exercise
Construction Electrician assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 (NMCB-11), completes a generator check while participating in a Command Post Exercise on Naval Construction Battalion

Accelerometers and sensors cover the Active Aeroelastic Wing of an F / A-18 test aircraft
The upper wing surfaces of the Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 test aircraft are covered with accelerometers and other sensors during ground vibration tests at the Dryden Flight Research Center

Artists View of Odyssey Detecting Ice
May 28, 2002 - Artists View of Odyssey Detecting Ice. This artists rendering portrays ice-rich layers in the soils of Mars being detected by instruments aboard the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft

A pair of balloon-borne probes leisurely survey the surface of Titan
A pair of balloon-borne probes leisurely survey a methane-ethane swamp on Titan. Each probe carries its own spot light illuminating the terrain below, augmenting the haze-filtered sunlight

Artists rendering of future space exploration missions
This artists rendering represents a concept of possible activities during future space exploration missions. It depicts remote operations with a pressurized rover

Researcher uses pipette in lab

Red blood cells on an agar plate are used to diagnose infection. The plate on the left shows a positive staphyloccus infection

Asteroid mining outpost
A massive manned mining outpost is built around a rocky near-Earth asteroid about 300 million miles from Earth. In the foreground are arrays of solar photovoltaic panels similar to those currently

Rack of test tubes

Artists concept of astronauts exploring the surface of Saturns moon Titan. While Titan is one of the largest terrestrial worlds in the Solar System, larger even than any of the known dwarf planets

Illustration of an astronaut leaving their Mars rover vehicle to explore the planet s
Illustration of an astronaut leaving their Mars rover vehicle to explore the planets surface. An explorer steps out of the airlock

Colorized image of HIV-infected H9 T-cell

Bacteria from human skin grown on agar in the laboratory

3D structure of melanoma cell
3D structure of a melanoma cell derived by ion abrasion scanning electron microscopy

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