Space Contents Archive

SpaceX is set to kick off a busy week of launch preps at Kennedy Space Center for the first of five planned Falcon Heavy rocket missions this year, targeting a dusk departure no earlier than Thursday evening from pad 39A on a flight for the US Space Force. https://t.co/N5kMiHxntz https://t.co/mfHXquRzZZ

We couldn't fit a full 747 in our "America by Air" gallery, but a forward fuselage that visitors could walk inside was just right. It arrived at the Museum for installation on this day in 2007. Have you been inside this 747 during a visit to the Museum location in DC? https://t.co/UV9hcCoDI4

Could we use black holes to travel through time? Yes... and no ⬇️ https://t.co/6oc7XNuWTu https://t.co/88pSE5jush

Melotte 15 Nebula With a DSLR

IC 1805 - The Heart Nebula

Intermediate spiral galaxy Messier 66 undergoing an intense burst of star formation. It is a member of the Leo Triplet, a small group of galaxies about 31 million light-years away in the southern, equatorial half of the Leo constellation. [3843 x 4080] (Credit: NASA/ESA and the LEGUS team)

Night sky atop a desert mountain, Park Timna, Israel

On January 8, 1947, musician David Bowie was born. Bowie played a role in space history too: His song " Space Oddity," released days before the launch of Apollo 11, was used in @BBC coverage of the first Moon landing. https://t.co/yy8QrIvYGg

moon shot (s22u)

SpaceX has delayed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 40 OneWeb satellites from tonight until 11:50pm EST Monday (0450 GMT Tuesday). SpaceX also plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from California Monday night, weather permitting. https://t.co/ufc1f2AZX5 https://t.co/CsIqZAJJkR

[OC] Wolf Moon 2023

Is this a meteorite falling from the sky? Seen today in Massachusetts around 4pm

50 years ago today, the Soviet Union launched Luna 21 with their second successful lunar rover, Lunokhod 2. In this Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photo, the rover can be seen on the floor of the crater Le Monnier. More: https://t.co/YWFaMWcYWe https://t.co/uFqiUWvpCZ

I pointed my backyard telescope into deep space and took pictures of this tiny patch of sky for 32 hours to reveal galaxies at mind-boggling distances … millions to billions of light years away. [OC]

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko