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GLSC Exhibit unveiling
GLSC Exhibit unveiling
GLSC Exhibit ribbon cutting
GLSC Exhibit ribbon cutting
iss070e000501 (Sept. 29, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara sets up the station’s CEVIS exercise cycle to collect data for...
O'Hara sets up for a workout session. O’Hara is looking at an iPad and holding onto a bar connected to the wall with her left hand.
iss073e0134912 (June 6, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi stows physics research...
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Commander Takuya Onishi stows physics research hardware used during the Colloidal Solids experiment to understand the behavior of tiny particles (colloids) and proteins in water. Onishi is pictured in front of the Microgravity Science Glovebox, located in the Destiny laboratory module, where the investigation took place that may lead to the space-based production of pharmaceuticals and advances in human health.
NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, works with new test samples for the Advanced Colloids Experiment.
NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg
iss072e747148 (March 18, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit inserts research hardware into the Combustion...
NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit inserts research hardware into the Combustion Integrated Rack located inside the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory module. Pettit was configuring the SoFIE-MIST, or the Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction - Material Ignition and Suppression Test, investigation that is exploring the flammability of materials in microgravity to improve spacecraft fire safety.
Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA playfully demonstrates how fluids behave in the weightless environment of microgravity aboard...
Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir performs works to swap out a failed computer hard drive that supports experiments inside the Combustion...
Astronaut Jessica Meir works on the Combustion Integrated Rack
jsc2024e053516 (8/8/2024) --- A plexiglass rod burns in microgravity for the Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction - Material Ignition and...
iss061e058754 (Nov. 22, 2019) --- Astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) is pictured holding a camera protected from...
Astronaut Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) is pictured holding a camera protected from the hazards of microgravity by shielding during the second spacewalk to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.