ISS021-E-029873 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 21 flight engineer, works with the new Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) Science Insert 03 (CSI-03) assembly in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. CSI-03 is flying two butterfly habitats during this mission and will examine the complete life cycle of the butterflies as they eat, grow and undergo metamorphosis in space.

ISS021-E-029871 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, Expedition 21 flight engineer, works with the new Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) Science Insert 03 (CSI-03) assembly in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. CSI-03 is flying two butterfly habitats during this mission and will examine the complete life cycle of the butterflies as they eat, grow and undergo metamorphosis in space.

ISS029-E-011813 (29 Sept. 2011) --- In the International Space Station?s Destiny laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, services the Science Insert 5/Plant Habitat (CSI-05 PHAB) in the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA-5). The CSI-05 plant experiment focuses on characteristics associated with successful germination in space.

ISS029-E-028512 (18 Oct. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, works on the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5 / Science Insert-05 (CGBA-5/CSI-5) experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS029-E-028518 (18 Oct. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, works on the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5 / Science Insert-05 (CGBA-5/CSI-5) experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS029-E-028513 (18 Oct. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, works on the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus 5 / Science Insert-05 (CGBA-5/CSI-5) experiment in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

Chemist Trey Barnes prepares a gas sample for injection into a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry system preconcentrator for analyzing trace level gas contaminants inside NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Lead chemist Philip Howard poses for a photo inside NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Chemists from NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida pose for a photo near a scanning electron microscope on July 7, 2021. From left to right is Macy Mullen, structural materials; Athela Frandsen, structural materials; Philip Howard, lead, structural materials; Janelle Coutts, gas and fluid systems; David Rinderknecht, structural materials; Trey Barnes, Earth biosphere studies; and Misle Tessema, Earth biosphere studies. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Chemists Misle Tessema (left) and Macy Mullen (right) discuss scanning electron microscope operations inside NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Lead chemist Philip Howard pours liquid nitrogen into the Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer to cool the detector in NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Chemist Athela Frandsen from NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida loads a sample into a scanning electron microscope on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Chemist David Rinderknecht analyzes a sample on the stereomicroscope inside NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

Senior analytical chemist Janelle Coutts injects a sample for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis inside NASA Engineering’s Analytical Laboratories at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 7, 2021. One of seven branches in the NASA Laboratories, Development, and Testing Division, the Analytical Laboratories branch provides microscopic imagery and analysis through the use of a wide variety of microscopic techniques to identify contaminants and other urgent problems associated with aerospace flight hardware, ground support equipment, and related facilities.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Following his remarks, the administrator participated in a panel discussion with former administrators Sean O'Keefe and Charles Bolden. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Following his remarks, the administrator participated in a panel discussion with former administrators Sean O'Keefe and Charles Bolden. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis and the aerospace security project, and senior fellow in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, left, leads a discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, during an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, and former NASA Administrators Sean O'Keefe and Charles Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Following his remarks, the administrator participated in a panel discussion with former administrators Sean O'Keefe and Charles Bolden. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Following his remarks, the administrator participated in a panel discussion with former administrators Sean O'Keefe and Charles Bolden. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis and the aerospace security project, and senior fellow in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, left, leads a discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, and former NASA Administrators Sean O'Keefe, second from right, and Charles Bolden, right, during an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, O'Keefe, and Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, answers a question during a discussion with Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis and the aerospace security project, and senior fellow in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, left, and former NASA Administrators Sean O'Keefe, second from right, and Charles Bolden, right, during an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, O'Keefe, and Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, second from right, answers a question during a panel discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, O'Keefe, and Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe, second from right, answers a question during a panel discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, O'Keefe, and Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis and the aerospace security project, and senior fellow in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, left, leads a discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, second from left, and former NASA Administrators Sean O'Keefe, second from right, and Charles Bolden, right, during an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, O'Keefe, and Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine answers a question during a discussion with Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis and the aerospace security project, and senior fellow in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former NASA Administrators Sean O'Keefe and Charles Bolden during an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bridenstine, O'Keefe, and Bolden answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, answers a question during a panel discussion led by Todd Harrison, director of defense budget analysis and the aerospace security project, and senior fellow in the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bolden, Bridenstine, and O'Keefe answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, answers a question during a panel discussion with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe at an event celebrating NASA's 60th anniversary at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Monday, July 23, 2018 in Washington. Bolden, Bridenstine, and O'Keefe answered questions about the past and future of the agency. (Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky)