Space Contents Archive

🚨 T-5 minutes till hot fire.

Posted this five years ago. But from what has transpired in America recently, it’s clear that not enough people paid attention. So I’ll try again… A meditation on Political vs. Personal vs. Objective Truths [1,000 words — 4 minute read] https://t.co/VnIS6kuSkS

This view from the International Space Station, as it orbited above 264 miles above Kazakhstan, looks north towards Russia with its brightly lit cities blanketed by an aurora. #nasa #roscosmos #jaxa #esa #csa #earth #aurora #city #lights #russia #kazakhstan #international #space #station

Watch all four @NASA_SLS core stage engines roar to life and shake the ground in Mississippi. Teams are assessing the data on early engine shutdown. https://t.co/U5bNqqbdZd

HAPPENING NOW: Our @NASA_SLS that will power @NASAArtemis missions to the Moon is about to fire up all four engines in a final test of its core stage. 🔥 Don’t miss the world’s largest rocket coming alive: https://t.co/ugbrQj8lda https://t.co/ugbrQj8lda

First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Herschel, NGC 613 is a galaxy that lies in the southern constellation of Sculptor, 67 million light-years away. Featured here in an image from NASAHubble, NGC 613 is a lovely example of a barred spiral galaxy. It is easily distinguishable as such because of its well-defined central bar and long arms, which spiral loosely around its nucleus. As revealed by surveys, about two-thirds of spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way galaxy, contain a bar. Recent studies have shown that bars are more common in galaxies than they were in the past, giving us important clues about galaxy formation and evolution. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Folatelli

NASA honors the memory of astronaut William Thornton, who joined the agency in 1967 and flew two space shuttle missions in the 1980s. He passed away this week at his home in Texas at the age of 91: https://t.co/fZLQtfiDIZ https://t.co/HMMYjYwND7

I have used several astrophotography techniques to make this dramatic waxing crescent Moon composite picture [OC]

Perseids and Orion on film

Tomorrow NASA tests the Artemis rockets at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. You can also watch it!

While we wait for the SLS Green Run, here's archival footage of a similar test of the Saturn V S-IC first stage at MSFC

Messier 64 ( The Black Eye Galaxy)

The Mountains of NGC 2174 [1200 × 1200] | Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

Well MCF was not a call this ascent flight director ever wanted to hear: Major Component Failure is detected by the SSME controller.

I took a picture of a the Whipple Observatory using my telescope from 12 miles away