Space Contents Archive

Bon Voyage, #Cygnus! 🦾 Yesterday, about three months after delivering nearly 8,000 pounds (3,628 kilograms) of scientific experiments, supplies, commercial products, hardware, and more to the ISS, NorthropGrumman’s uncrewed Cygnus cargo spacecraft departed the orbiting lab. Flight controllers on the ground sent commands to use the CanadianSpaceAgency's Canadarm2 robotic arm to robotically detach Cygnus from the Earth-facing port of the unity module and maneuver it into place. Before the craft took off, the crew packed Cygnus with the Saffire V investigation & the SharkSat hosted payload to be conducted during an extended mission in orbit. It'll complete a series of milestones to move away safely & remain in orbit until Jan. 26, for an extended mission with science experiments. Photo Credit: NASA #NASA #NorthropGrumman #USA #Canada #Robotics #Earth #ISS #CanadArm2

The Earth and our moon as seen through Saturn's Rings (Credit: NASA, ESA, JPL-Caltech, SSI, Cassini Imaging Team; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill)

NASA will fire up its SLS moon megarocket in final 'green run' test this month

Was wondering if I was the only person who noticed this… https://t.co/Um3aC1TSk4

Hmm. Looks like @TheOnion’s investigative reporters might have figured it out: https://t.co/C97YrTipdF

astronomy? (comic)

NGC 891 (Cadwell 23)

When galaxies collide, they go through dramatic changes in appearance and stellar content. Each of these merging systems was studied as part of a recent Hubble survey to investigate the rate of new star formation within such systems. Learn more: https://t.co/uSaUgwbdk8 https://t.co/2bN0RzUr2j

Messier m42 The Great orion Nebula (OC)

Have a blue marble

We've signed an agreement with the @NSF to continue our longstanding partnership on areas of research here on Earth and in space: https://t.co/F4hPEOEuXZ https://t.co/ZlvhnzC99Z

The Earth and our Moon imaged through Saturn's Rings

The Milky Way over Parc National de la Jacques-Cartier

Total Solar Eclipse 2020

NGC 5643 in all its glory