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146 photographs of meteorites, asteroids, space samples and craters.

Meteor ShowerVial with Asteroid Bennu SampleLake ManicouaganOSIRIS-REx Sample TraysOSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample in Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) headSample of Asteroid BennuOSIRIS-REx Sample from Asteroid BennuPsyche Live Launch CoveragePsyche LiftoffPsyche LaunchOSIRIS-REx sample canister with lid openPsyche Solar Array UnboxingPsyche Solar Array Arrival and OffloadCuriosity Finds a Meteorite, 'Cacao'A New Impact EventNASA's Psyche: Picking up Launch Prep for 2023NASA's DART at the Didymos SystemMedia Meet the Team Leading NASA's Psyche MissionOne of Psyche's Solar Array Successfully DeployedUnfolding Psyche's Giant Solar ArraysUp Close With a Solar Panel on PsychePreparing for Psyche's Solar Array DeploymentOrbiting Asteroid Psyche (Illustration)Psyche's Imager in ProgressPsyche's Hall ThrusterPsyche Thrusters: Integration CompletePsyche: One Year Until LaunchPerseid Meteor ShowerAsteroid Psyche (Illustration)Psyche Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)MISR Images Fireball Over Bering SeaA Recent Impact Site in Noachis TerraView of Ceres' LimbA Martian Meteorite for Mars 2020Close-up of a Mars MeteoriteCleaning a Martian Meteoritean MeteoriteBENNU’S JOURNEYClues to Ceres' Internal StructureDawn Navigating CeresArtist's Concept of Psyche Spacecraft with Five-Panel ArrayEnhanced Color View of Ceres at OppositionCeres During Opposition Surge.Ceres in ColorCuriosity Rover Finds and Examines a Meteorite on MarsIron-Nickel Meteorite Zapped by Mars Rover LaserDawn LAMO View of CeresCeres Survey AtlasDawn VIR Images of CeresDawn First Color Map of CeresCeres at Dawn - Take TwoCeres at Dawn - Take OneCeres Awaits DawnViews of Ceres on ApproachBright Spot on Ceres Has Dimmer CompanionDawn Approaches: Two Faces of CeresCeres, Seen by Dawn on ApproachCeres Sharper Than Ever Zoomed Out ViewCeres From Dawn, RawCeres From Dawn, Visible and Infrared LightPhilae Lander Setting on Comet SurfaceDecember 2014 View of Rosetta Destination CometPhilae Lander Setting on Comet, with Cliff-Image InsetDecember 2014 View of Comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoPhilae Lander View of Perihelion Cliff on Comet SurfaceDawn Gateway View of CeresEnhanced Early View of Ceres from DawnGeological Map of VestaJagged Horizon on Rosetta Destination CometRough Terrain on Rosetta Destination CometMars Orbiter Sizes Up Passing CometRosetta Comet Fires Its JetsComet Surface VariationsComet 67P from 1,200 Miles AwayRosetta Comet: Imaging the ComaRotating Shape Model of Rosetta Comet TargetCuriosity Finds Iron Meteorite on MarsMeteoritesMicrotunnels in Yamato Meteorite From MarsSpheroidal Features in Yamato Meteorite From MarsJourney to CeresNASA Hubble Sees Comet ISON IntactCloser Look at Lunar Highland CrustHydrogen Map of VestaBest Northern View of VestaA Last Look Back at VestaPatterns in Vesta RegolithEscarpment on VestaMeteorites from VestaShape and Gravity of VestaMineral Diversity at Vesta South PoleColorized Infrared View of VestaShape and Gravity of Vesta South PoleVesta Shape and GravityDawn on VestaUndulating Terrain in Vesta Southern HemisphereCloser and Closer to the Vesta SurfaceDawn Orbiting Over VestaRocks from Vesta -- Part 3: DiogenitesRocks from Vesta -- Part 2: HowarditesRocks from Vesta -- Part 1: EucritesDawn Soars Over Asteroid Vesta in 3-DColor Composite Images of VestaDawn Approaching Vesta Just Before the Beginning of High Altitude Mapping OrbitNight and Day Boundary on VestaFull-Frame Image of VestaLatest Image of Vesta captured by Dawn on July 17, 2011Vesta Sizes UpPossible Piece of VestaDawn Approach to VestaDawn First Glimpse of Vesta -- UnprocessedNASA Comet Hunter Spots its ValentineCometary FlurriesFlight of the CometOpportunity Close-up of a Meteorite: Oileán Ruaidh False ColorWISE Catches Comet 65P/GunnOpportunity Finds Another MeteoriteIron-Nickel Meteorite from Texas with Triangle-Pattern TextureBlock Island Meteorite on Mars, Sol 1961 StereoMagnified Look at a Meteorite on MarsApollo 11 lunar samplePossible Meteorites in the Martian HillsPossible Meteorite in Columbia Hills on Mars False ColorIron Meteorite on MarsHills in Arctic Canada with Impact OriginMeteorite Linked to Rock at MeridianiBounce and Martian Meteorite of the Same MoldComet Wild 2 - Stardust Approach ImageComposite of Comet Borrelly Nucleus, Jets, ComaHighest Resolution Comet Picture Ever Reveals Rugged Terrain - Deep Space 1Comet Borrelly Nucleus Found to the SideComet Borrelly Varied LandscapeComet Borrelly Slows Solar WindEarly Close Image of Comet BorrellyJets on Comet BorrellyImpact at High NoonEros in StereoCarbon Compounds from Mars Found Inside Meteorite ALH84001Comet HalleyMETEORITE - ASTRONOMYLUNAR SAMPLES - APOLLO XVI - JSCAstronaut Harrison Schmitt uses scoop to retrieve lunar samples during EVAApollo 17 Lunar Surface Experiment: Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites ExperimentView of Apollo 16 lunar sample no. 68815View of Apollo 17 lunar rock sample no. 72415,0Apollo 16 astronauts take lunar soil sample from Station no.9 during EVAClose-up view of set of tongs being used to pick up lunar samples