During this period, Dave Scott completed a 1-hour stand-up EVA in the open command module hatch photographing Schweickart's activities and also retrieving thermal samples from the command module exterior.

It succeeded in retrieving biologic and geologic samples from the ridge, a robotic first.

A team of divers will descend into the ocean and retrieve samples of local marine life to teach New Yorkers about what lives off their shores.

As before, scientists will try to retrieve samples of soil taken from Phobos.

Using the ship's transporter systems, Jetrel feels he may be able to develop a cure by retrieving samples of the Metreon cloud still surrounding Rinax.

Using robots, researchers have retrieved samples of highly melanized black fungus from the walls of the reactor core itself.

It has launched two lunar orbiters, Chang'e 1 and Chang'e 2, and intends to land a rover on the moon to retrieve samples.

A relatively difficult attempt to retrieve samples from the Earth's mantle was scheduled for later in 2007.

Mission scientists plan to retrieve samples from the surface and return them to Earth.

Biologists also retrieved samples of reef fauna.