Space Shuttle Experiments and Operations

Historical images depicting scientists and astronauts managing experiments in space and shuttle environments, illustrating space mission preparations.

S64-27314 (1964) --- Dr. Mueller & General Funk trying on Apollo & Gemini suits. - Complete Caption Pending
S64-27314 (1964) --- Dr. Mueller & General Funk trying on Apollo & Gemini suits. - Complete Caption Pending
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Nine-year-old Sofi Collis poses proudly with a banner displaying the names she selected for the Mars Exploration Rovers -- "Spirit" and "Opportunity" -- during a press conference. Participating in the press conference are, from left, Brad Justus, LEGO Co. senior vice president; Sofi Collis, a third grade student from Arizona; Dr. John Marburger, science advisor to the President and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy; and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The names Sofi suggested were selected from more than 10,000 student entries in an essay contest managed for NASA by the LEGO Company. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' e