QUICK FILTERS All Cloud and High-End Computing (2) Geospatial and Mapping (5) Laboratories (17) Observatories (2) Apply Image AEMC Honolulu, HI The University of Hawai‘i Advanced Electron Microscopy Center (AEMC) is a service facility that provides sample preparation and electron and ion microscopy imaging and analysis. Image credit: University of Hawai‘i. Image AVGR Silicon Valley, CA Within the Ballistic Range Complex at NASA’s Ames Research Center, the Ames Vertical Gun Range (AVGR) is used to simulate high-speed celestial body impacts on a small scale. Image credit: NASA Ames. Image GEER Cleveland, OH Based at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, the Glenn Extreme Environment Rig (GEER) is a high-tech pressure vessel capable of simulating the temperature, pressure, and atmospheric gas mix of many extreme environments in the Solar System and beyond. Image credit: NASA Glenn. Image GSSR California The Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the only fully steerable planetary radar system in the world, and is used for observations of near-Earth asteroids, comets, orbital debris, and other solar system bodies. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. Image GSECARS Lemont, IL Hosted by the University of Chicago’s Argonne National Laboratory, the GeoSoilEnviro Center for Advanced Radiation Sources (GSECARS) gives scientists access to high-brilliance hard X-rays from the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a third-generation synchrotron light source. Image credit: University of Chicago. Image JHUAPL PIL Laurel, MD The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) Planetary Impact Laboratory (PIL) is a facility to study planetary impact cratering and the emplacement of debris (ejecta) from craters. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA. Image Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory Honolulu, HI The W. M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory at the University of Hawai‘i is open to researchers from around the world for collaborative research on cosmochemistry, and utilizes samples of meteorites, interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), and samples returned from NASA missions. Image credit: NASA / University of Tennessee. Image KEVION Facility for Space Science Charlottesville, VA The University of Virginia hosts the KiloElectron-Volt Irradiation (KEVION) facility for transformative research in studies of space weathering, radiolysis, radiosynthesis, sputtering, surface charging, radiation damage, instrument development and sample characterization. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. Image K-ALFAA Tucson, AZ The University of Arizona’s Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis (K-ALFAA) supports research on planetary materials, including analysis of samples returned by the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) Mission. Image Credit: K-ALFAA / Arizona State University. Image MRCTR GIS Lab Flagstaff, AZ The Astrogeology Mapping, Remote-sensing, Cartography, Technology, and Research (MRCTR, pronounced “Mercator”) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab, provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), supports web-based GIS graphical, statistical, and spatial tools for analyzing planetary data. Image credit: NASA. Image NFAR Houston, TX The NASA Facility for Astromaterials Research (NFAR) provides access to laboratories, instruments, infrastructure, technical expertise, and other assets for conducting broad-based world-class planetary research. Image credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center. Image NASA HEC Silicon Valley, CA and Greenbelt, MD Computing time is available to NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers at the High-End Computing (HEC) Program’s NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility and NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS). Image credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Pagination 1 2 3 Next › Next page Last » Last page SHOWING 12 OF 25 Search for NASA Science DataNASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) provides web tools to search across all of NASA’s science data, publications, software, and resources.Science Discovery EngineAn integrated search platform to help you find what you need across NASA’s vast stores of open science data, documentation, code, and tools.Science Explorer (SciX)A digital library portal for scientific publications and software related to astronomy, Earth science, heliophysics, physics, and planetary science.
Image AEMC Honolulu, HI The University of Hawai‘i Advanced Electron Microscopy Center (AEMC) is a service facility that provides sample preparation and electron and ion microscopy imaging and analysis. Image credit: University of Hawai‘i.
Image AVGR Silicon Valley, CA Within the Ballistic Range Complex at NASA’s Ames Research Center, the Ames Vertical Gun Range (AVGR) is used to simulate high-speed celestial body impacts on a small scale. Image credit: NASA Ames.
Image GEER Cleveland, OH Based at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, the Glenn Extreme Environment Rig (GEER) is a high-tech pressure vessel capable of simulating the temperature, pressure, and atmospheric gas mix of many extreme environments in the Solar System and beyond. Image credit: NASA Glenn.
Image GSSR California The Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the only fully steerable planetary radar system in the world, and is used for observations of near-Earth asteroids, comets, orbital debris, and other solar system bodies. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.
Image GSECARS Lemont, IL Hosted by the University of Chicago’s Argonne National Laboratory, the GeoSoilEnviro Center for Advanced Radiation Sources (GSECARS) gives scientists access to high-brilliance hard X-rays from the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a third-generation synchrotron light source. Image credit: University of Chicago.
Image JHUAPL PIL Laurel, MD The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) Planetary Impact Laboratory (PIL) is a facility to study planetary impact cratering and the emplacement of debris (ejecta) from craters. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA.
Image Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory Honolulu, HI The W. M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory at the University of Hawai‘i is open to researchers from around the world for collaborative research on cosmochemistry, and utilizes samples of meteorites, interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), and samples returned from NASA missions. Image credit: NASA / University of Tennessee.
Image KEVION Facility for Space Science Charlottesville, VA The University of Virginia hosts the KiloElectron-Volt Irradiation (KEVION) facility for transformative research in studies of space weathering, radiolysis, radiosynthesis, sputtering, surface charging, radiation damage, instrument development and sample characterization. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.
Image K-ALFAA Tucson, AZ The University of Arizona’s Kuiper-Arizona Laboratory for Astromaterials Analysis (K-ALFAA) supports research on planetary materials, including analysis of samples returned by the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) Mission. Image Credit: K-ALFAA / Arizona State University.
Image MRCTR GIS Lab Flagstaff, AZ The Astrogeology Mapping, Remote-sensing, Cartography, Technology, and Research (MRCTR, pronounced “Mercator”) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab, provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), supports web-based GIS graphical, statistical, and spatial tools for analyzing planetary data. Image credit: NASA.
Image NFAR Houston, TX The NASA Facility for Astromaterials Research (NFAR) provides access to laboratories, instruments, infrastructure, technical expertise, and other assets for conducting broad-based world-class planetary research. Image credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Image NASA HEC Silicon Valley, CA and Greenbelt, MD Computing time is available to NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers at the High-End Computing (HEC) Program’s NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility and NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS). Image credit: NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.