Space Contents Archive

The Milky Way over the Badwater Basin (California)

Twenty-five years ago this week, Hubble got new infrared eyes: the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer, or NICMOS! NICMOS peered through dust and captured detailed images and spectroscopic observations of our universe, like this view of the Egg Nebula. https://t.co/NYyvM3QYLY

Andromeda Galaxy

I got COVID last year and forgot my boyfriend got me this!

I have the sun, Saturn, the moon and Jupiter through my new telescope

.@NorthropGrumman’s #Cygnus space freighter counts down to Saturday launch at 12:40pm ET as cosmonauts unload new @Roscosmos cargo craft. https://t.co/Pck0j7Lv8y

Tune in tomorrow, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. ET for our virtual pre-launch telecon ahead of the Saturday, Feb. 19, Northrop Grumman cargo resupply mission to the @Space_Station. Have a question about the launch? Submit questions using #AskNASA. https://t.co/OItrH8G83p

Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license, opening up the skies for future women. Her flying career inspired many young African Americans and she has a place in the National Aviation Hall of Fame: https://t.co/WBIO9gPHpQ #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/pFOClx21To

Orbital kinetic impactor “missile” as excavator on Mars

QUESTION: Has any space agency considered using a kinetic orbital strike “missile” as a leading excavator a reasonable distance from where a rover is scheduled to land? Polar ice, equatorial river deltas, water weeping cliffs…. And what mass of an impactor would be needed for various depth targets (and estimated ejecta distance) considering both Martian gravity and atmosphere?

Do plants need soil to grow? Actually, no. We’re launching hardware to @Space_Station that will use hydroponics & aeroponics to grow plants without granular matter like soil. This will help us go farther in space & could help improve Earth’s food systems! https://t.co/SuOc4rmpw2 https://t.co/ftI6duLfhX

NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars is watching the clouds drift by and they're beautiful https://t.co/zYlTYVMjRB https://t.co/AeNsnAiMvr

Special delivery 📬 #TDIH in 1911: Fred Wiseman departed on first airmail flight sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office. His cargo: ☕️ A sack of coffee 📰 Fifty copies of the local newspaper ✉️ Three letters https://t.co/iJKHeNcoea

Archeologists are planning to scan the Great Pyramid of Giza with cosmic rays with such detail, they should see every hidden chamber inside - https://t.co/XPE7ZDsUwP https://t.co/MOpuB1dKA0

Snow Moon setting

Last week @elonmusk gave an update on the development of the SpaceX Starship vehicle. Watch our video recap: https://t.co/IaQPR07cbC