Here are some photos of aerogels, NASA's KC-135A, the equipment we use, and our team members.

Aerogel Photos

Silica Aerogel (Courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
The Manuclave, Version Alpha (For Supercritical Drying)
Aerogel on a penny
An aerogel on a disk
Aerogel Protecting Crayons from Flame (Courtesy NASA JPL)
Aerogel Protecting Matches from Flame (JPL)
Aerogel on a Hand, Looks Really 50's! (JPL)
Stardust Collector (JPL)
Micrometeor Lodged in Piece of Aerogel (JPL)
Aerogel Chunk on Space Shuttle Tile (JPL)
Aerogel Holding a Brick (JPL)
A Giant Block of Aerogel (JPL)
Laser Through Aerogel on a Card (Courtesy of AirGlass)
Aerogel Protecting a Hand from a Flame (LBL)

Team and NASA Photos

KC-135A (The Vomit Comet) Ascending
KC-135A In the Hangar at Ellington Field
Stevie in Zero-Gravity
Stevie in Zero-Gravity Hanging off of Zero-G Mini-Lab
Chad, Stevie, and Luke by the Zero-G Mini-Lab
More Coming Soon (August 2002)
 

A Very Clear Silica Aerogel (That's the team captain behind it)

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