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."
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ISS015-E-18967 (23 July 2007) --- An Early Ammonia Servicer (EAS) moves away from the International Space Station after it was jettisoned by astronaut Clay Anderson (out of frame), Expedition 15 flight engineer, during today's session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The EAS was installed on the P6 truss during STS-105 in August 2001, as an ammonia reservoir if a leak had occurred. It was never used, and was no longer needed after the permanent cooling system was activated last December.
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STS084-350-001 (15-24 May 1997) --- Several hundred feet away, Russia's Mir Space Station moves closer and closer to the approaching Space Shuttle Atlantis, as captured on film from the aft flight deck of the space shuttle. Not long after this photo was made, the two spacecraft were docked, a configuration in which they stayed for several days while the two crews conducted joint activities.
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This 3-D cylindrical-perspective mosaic was created from navigation camera images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured on on sol 107. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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STS109-E-5883 (9 March 2002) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) distances itself from the Space Shuttle Columbiafollowing its release on March 9, 2002.Considering its original deployment in 1990 and three previous servicing missions, this marked the fifth time a shuttle has bade farewell to the giant telescope. This image was recorded with a digital still camera.
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Lab equipment including test flask with liquid and connected scientific machine. Ideal for educational content, research presentations, lab websites, scientific publications, online courses, STEM. Scientific Research Equipment with Test Flask and Machine for Lab Experiments
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Infrared of Meroe Patera Flows
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Very Large Array National Radio Astronomy Observatory New Mexico USA
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A Full Sweep of Saturn's Rings
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This fortunate view sights along Saturn's ringplane to capture three moons aligned in a row: Dione at left, Prometheus at center and Epimetheus at right
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Voyager violet, green and ultraviolet images of Triton were map projected into cylindrical coordinates and combines to produce this false-color terrain map. Several compositionally distinct terrain and geologic features are portrayed. At center is a gray-blue unit referred to as 'cantaloupe' terrain because of its unusual topographic texture. The unit appears to predate other units to the left. Immediately adjacent to the cantaloupe terrain, is a smoother unit, represented by a reddish color, that has been dissected by a prominent fault system. This unit apparently overlies a much-higher-albedo material, seen farther left. A prominent angular albedo boundary separates relatively undisturbed smooth terrain from irregular patches which seem to emanate from circular, often bright-centered features. The parallel streaks may represent vented particulate materials blown in the same direction by winds in Triton's thin atmosphere.
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Microscope virus cell. Pandemic bacteria pathogen medical health risk, Corona COVID-19 Alert SOS, immunology, virology, epidemiology concept. 3D rendering.
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This colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
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Coronavirus, Virus Outbreak banner background with space for text, Microbiology And Virology Concept, 3D Rendering
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Cydonia: Two Years Later
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This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA's Curiosity rover illustrating the first appearance of the left front wheel of the Curiosity rover after deployment of the suspension system as the vehicle was about to touch down on Mars.
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Canada, Alberta, Drumheller: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Pre Cambrian Display Entrance
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The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures
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Photograph by Étienne-Jules Marey showing a fragment of a chronometric film strip capturing a chicken running on a cord, printed on silver gelatin paper around 1894.
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Collodion photograph from 1900 showing the CIBA chemical works and the Horburggottesacker area in Basel-Kleinhueningen, along the Rhine, from a balloon.
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