View fullsize First successful hardware and sequencing test in our Mars thermal vacuum chamber (April 5, 2017). One step closer to searching for, and perhaps finding, life beyond Earth. Credit: C.E. Carr. #NASA #SETG #Astrobiology #Nanopore #SingleMolecule #DNA #S
View fullsize Iron mineralization in an acidic stream on the flank of Volcán Copahue, Andes Mountains. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Volcano #Acid #GeologyIsBeautiful #FieldSite #MarsAnalog #NASA #Exploration
View fullsize Polar bear encounter, in space but not time, on the largest uninhabited island in the world. Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Arctic #DevonIsland #FieldSite #Exploration #Adventure #MarsAnalo
View fullsize Shades of Mars: Synthetic samples that mimic different regions of our neighboring world. Used to validate life detection protocols. Synthesized by Angel Mojarro for our SETG team. #Mars #Space #Exploration #Astrobiology #LifeBeyondEarth #AreWeAlone #
View fullsize Our solution for portable single molecule DNA sequencing (fall 2016): nanopore MinION (top) device and Intel Compute Stick. Controlled with smartphone. Credit: C.E. Carr. #nanopore #DNA #Sequencing #Genomics #Hardware #Lab #Portable #Diagnostics #Sin
View fullsize Sample holder used to expose biological reagents to neutron radiation (from californium point source) to test their ability to survive trip to Mars as part of future life detection instrument. #Lab #ScienceIsArt #Radiation #MIT #Californium #Neutrons
View fullsize Araucaria araucana trees near Volcán Copahue, Argentina. These living fossils from the Mesozoic (250 to 65 million years ago) may have once fed sauropod dinosaurs with their thumb-sized pine nuts. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Argentina #Chile #Patagon
View fullsize Prototype bioaerosol collection drone ~30 g. Impractical yet forced us to think about engineering challenges. #Drone #Bioaerosol #Lab #Prototype #Engineering #ControlSystem #BuiltEnvironment #Sampling
View fullsize Pygmy seahorse on fan coral at 15-20 m depth on undersea wall, Bismarck Sea, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Our dive master Nozaki. #Ocean #Exploration #Adventure #PNG #SCUBA #Diving #Marine #Lissenung
View fullsize Launch of GRAIL spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, on September 10, 2011. Credit: C.E. Carr. #NASA #Space #Exploration #Fun #RocketLaunch #Florida #CocoaBeach #CapeCanaveral
View fullsize Bubbling mud at hot springs of Volcán Copahue, Argentina, a terrestrial analog of ancient Mars. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Fieldsite #NASA #MarsAnalog #ExtremeLife #Extremophiles #HotSprings
View fullsize Our MIT Solar Electric Vehicle, Manta GT, on display in the Toyota Automobile Museum, Japan, in 1998. #Solar #Electric #Car #SunPower #Japan #Engineering #EngineeringArt #Sustainability
View fullsize Our version of Google Glass, circa 2002 with MIT Media Lab, Boeing, and Hamilton Sundstrand. Paper: http://goo.gl/AJ3CP Credit: C.E. Carr. #NASA #SpaceSuit #ExtravehicularActivity #Wearable #Microdisplay #Computing #Glass #Exploration #Space #Lab
View fullsize Acid rock drainage at Rio Tinto, Spain. Full of extremophile microbes. Credit: C.E. Carr. #FieldSite #NASA #MarsAnalog #ExtremeLife #Astrobiology
View fullsize Acid rock drainage at Rio Tinto, Spain. Full of extremophile microbes. Credit: C.E. Carr. #FieldSite #NASA #MarsAnalog #ExtremeLife #Astrobiology
View fullsize What scientists & engineers drink when they need to accelerate their particles. At the NASA Space Radiation Lab, Brookhaven, NY. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Coffee #NASA #Radiation #Lab #LabLife #Mars
View fullsize Kiting in California -- before flying like a bird. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Paragliding #FreeFlight #Adventure #Exploration #Flight #P2
View fullsize Before the summit. Camp Berlin on Mount Aconcagua, Andes Mountains. Credit: C.E. Carr. #Exploration #Mountaineering #HighAltitude #Adventure #Adaptation
View fullsize Advanced space suit testing with NASA Desert Rats, 2003. Meteor Crater, AZ. Credit: Mark Sowa #FieldSite #NASA #SpaceSuit #Mars #ExtravehicularActivity #EVA #SpaceExploration
View fullsize Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA. My office on left. #MIT #campus #sunset