Scientists spend their days researching, solving complicated equations, and running laboratory experiments. And yet, sometimes science can venture into a more artistic realm.
A Pretty Penny: Aerospace’s laser confocal microscopy capability allows us to see things that are not readily apparent to the unaided eye, such as the presence of President Lincoln and the artist’s initials at the lower-right of the memorial on this penny.
焊料的结构：使用偏光显微镜放大200倍，航天科学家可以看到，可用于作为一种环境友好的替代锡 - 铅焊料的无铅合金的微观结构。
加热观光UP：该热图像可以被用来研究实验室模拟的辐射对各种导电聚合物材料的影响。
多彩羽衣：航空航天用的真子传感器检测和成像氨从地热发电厂发射的羽流。
Broken Battery: Acoustic microscopy image of invisible internal damage of a failed battery.
阴天：上反射镜执行的盐雾试验导致不同蓝色，云状的形状，这是造成盐镜面上化学腐蚀。反射镜可能被暴露于盐，如果它是一个靠近海洋基于地面的望远镜的一部分。
Laboratory Lights: Aerospace imitates the aurora borealis by generating a capacitively coupled plasma. Scientists often use a plasma as a source to replicate the upper atmosphere.
失败的艺术：刮擦银镜涂布邀请湿气的表面穿透导致一些相当艺术圆形腐蚀涂覆表面的微妙的后果。
腐蚀涂层：上形成抗反射暴露于湿气中的加速环境试验后的涂层的腐蚀电子显微镜图像。
凝视着谷物：特殊的扫描电子显微镜技术示出了用于在航空航天系统结构应用3-d印刷钛合金的晶粒结构。3-d印刷部件正在成为用于空间应用更普遍。
Controlling the Light: A beam of ions creates a chromium optical thin film. These films are 100 times thinner than a piece of paper, yet are essential to many spacecraft components, as they control how light transmits, reflects and/or absorbs from a surface.
湿度彩虹：腐蚀和裂纹上的导电涂层样品的湿度测试后的边缘的特写镜头进行。
Mirror, Mirror, in the Lab: A detailed look at the effects of corrosion on the surface of a coated silver mirror, stored in a laboratory environment at atmospheric conditions for a period of 6 years.
在激光盯着：扫描透射电子显微镜在高功率激光二极管，这是在像光通信应用中使用的受损区域的图像。
Pixel Closeup: Laser confocal micrograph of a detector pixel, roughly 200 square micrometers, and part of an “off-the-shelf” automotive sensor, which Aerospace is assessing for space viability.
仔细看一下：一个退化的银镜涂层。左图：显微镜使用标准设置。右：微分干涉对比显微镜技术开发的折射率的变化。
Tin Star: A tin whisker is an extrusion that can sprout from tin plating and cause electrical shorts in space hardware. This image from a scanning electron microscope shows the electron diffraction pattern from a tin whisker.
下降到详细说明：3-d印刷铝合金部分的结晶取向图，具有特殊的扫描电子显微镜技术获得。
莲花涡轮: A counter-rotating turbine, fabricated in photostructurable glass ceramic material using a novel Aerospace laser machining technique.
精确到故障：棕榈泉附近的圣安德烈亚斯断层成像与航空的马可传感器，明确划分了故障的痕迹。
Checking Circuits: Infrared laser scanning confocal microscopy shows the integrated circuits defining a field programmable gate array. This allows scientists to detect the most minute tampering to critical circuit components.
石墨烯Transistor: The first-ever graphene spin field effect transistor, fabricated and tested in the Aerospace cleanroom.
开怀大笑起来：这些材料暴露于实验室模拟太空辐射下一段14年，表现出空间环境是不是在开玩笑。
镜腐蚀深度资料：科学家正在寻找在该化学品/化合物存在于一个反射镜。他们测量镜子的各种深度。在左侧示出了栏上的右显示多少给定材料的深度，并且每个的14个箱的存在。这有助于识别镜中不需要的材料。
Astronaut Selfie: The mirror samples in the lower, right-hand corner were mounted to the exterior of the International Space Station, and can be seen reflecting both the earth and the astronaut taking the photograph. (Image courtesy of NASA)
潮湿生长：扫描电子显微镜的什么当暴露于湿度共同的太阳能电池板结构元件的前身，导致故障图像。
多彩的清洗：紫色氮等离子体被认为在例行维护期间在航空航天的飞行时间二次离子质谱系统时间的铋离子源的端部。该仪器用于发现和识别在各种微电子，光学部件等的污染物和腐蚀产物
Carbon Nanotubes: Scanning electron microscopy image of carbon nanotubes grown in a methane-fueled rocket to simulate conditions of operating rocket engines.
映射微电子:一个独特的显微镜oelectronics characterization technique, developed at Aerospace, is capable of mapping resistance, potential, and electric field in off-the-shelf parts at high resolution by using a scanning transmission electron microscope.
Scanning the Surface: Atomic force microscopy image of the surface morphology of a silicone contaminant film.
Tin Whiskers: Scanning electron microscopy image of “tin whiskers,” which are extrusions that can sprout from tin plating and cause electrical shorts in space hardware.
东京之夜：东京的图片采取宇航公司CUMULOS传感器。CUMULOS已探明的Cubesats可以通过使用廉价的商用摄像机在大卫星的成本的一小部分提供优质，城市灯光更高分辨率的夜间图像。
美丽的老化：暴露于空间环境后，热控材料七岁的样品。
