Historical Medical Research

Archive images of medical research from the 20th century, including tuberculosis labs, nuclear material, and radiation studies, with a vintage aesthetic.

An Atlas-Centaur engine is tested on a stand at the Sycamore Canyon Liquid Hydrogen Test Site in San Diego, California."

March in Venus, Louis Marin Bonnet, After Louis Jean François Lagrenée (I), 1772 print print maker: Franceafter drawing by: Francepublisher: ParisFranceFrance paper engraving Mars and Venus as lovers

Jupiter gas giant slowly orbiting in deep space concept panoramic. Some elements sourced from NASA public Domain.

Saturn's Moon Dione and Rhea

This image from NASA's New Horizons highlights the contrasting appearance of the two worlds: Charon is mostly gray, with a dark reddish polar cap, while Pluto shows a wide variety of subtle color variations.

Jupiter, illustration

Constellation Ursa Major at night (Ursa Major)

This image was obtained by Cassini's radar instrument during a flyby on July 24, 2009. The radar antenna was pointing toward Titan at an altitude of 955 kilometers (593 miles) during the closest approach.

Jean Baptiste Dumas 1814-1884, französischer Chemiker. Aus James Sheridan Muspratt Chemistry London, ca. 1860. Gravur., Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 35 crew aboard the ISS.

This image is the first high-resolution color mosaic from NASA's Curiosity rover, showing the geological environment around the rover's landing site in Gale Crater on Mars.

The first image captured by one of NASA's Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats. The image, which shows both the CubeSat's unfolded high-gain antenna at right and the Earth and its moon in the center, was acquired by MarCO-B on May 9. MarCO is a pair of small spacecraft accompanying NASA's InSight (Interior Investigations Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander. Together, MarCO-A and MarCO-B are the first CubeSats ever sent to deep space. InSight is the first mission to ever explore Mars' deep interior. If the MarCO CubeSats make the entire journey to Mars, they will attempt to relay data about InSight back to Earth as the lander enters the Martian atmosphere and lands. MarCO will not collect any science, but are intended purely as a technology demonstration. They could serve as a pathfinder for future CubeSat missions. An annotated version is available at

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