Space Contents Archive

50 years ago today, Alan Shepard, the 1st American in space, headed to the Moon with Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. They set up experiments that still return data, and conducted in-space research anticipating today's @ISS_Research. Watch: https://t.co/AKD9f8lIgu https://t.co/EgkROvcuBG

LIVE: 50 years ago today, Apollo 14 astronauts Stuart Roosa, Edgar Mitchell, and commander Alan Shepard lifted off on their way to explore the Fra Mauro region of the Moon. This hour, enjoy #Apollo50th NASA TV programming including a mission documentary: https://t.co/mzKW5uV4hS https://t.co/IRlsWrEpdj

“One of those events that you’ve dreamed about.” – Astronaut Mike Hopkins ⁣ ⁣ 🚨Set your clocks: tomorrow at 7 a.m. ET, watch Hopkins and crewmate AstroVicGlover exit the International Space Station (ISS) to literally work on top of the world. The NASAAstronauts will conduct a ~6.5 hour spacewalk about 254 miles above Earth to continue upgrades outside the orbital lab. ⁣ ⁣ Tune in to nasa.gov/live to cheer on the duo! Want a reminder? 👉 Tap the countdown sticker in our story. ⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA ⁣ ⁣ #Spacewalk #NASA #DontMissOut #DreamsComeTrue #LiveStreaming #EarthVisuals

On this day in 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first chimp in space, launched aboard Mercury-Redstone 2 for a 17 minute suborbital flight: https://t.co/BJwKs5ozhk https://t.co/3rnL4xty8h

Broken Moon over Light City

Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica

One more… A Cicely Sandwich At the 10th annual Governor’s Awards 2019. A table of her personal guests as she received her Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement. Cicely Tyson (1924-2021) With @shondarhimes & @Oprah completing the sandwich. https://t.co/7a7eXKInU6

HLS down select delayed by 2 months

Suit up! 50 years ago today, Alan Shepard, Stu Roosa and Ed Mitchell got into their spacesuits for the launch of Apollo 14. #Apollo50 https://t.co/0ooYowMlGI

Milky Way Core

Closeup shot of the core of the Orion nebula.

Today’s the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 14, so I made a tribute to the crew and their spacecraft out of LEGO!

It’s #Apollo50 time once again! Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 14, the third successful lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. https://t.co/GQzYDDJJh7

Uranus with 3” refractor and smartphone

Wheels on Mars