Space Contents Archive

Starlink — here. Thanks, @elonmusk https://t.co/dZbaYqWYCf

Elliptical galaxies, like NGC 1132 in this #HubbleClassic image, contain hundreds of millions to trillions of stars. Ranging from nearly spherical to elongated shapes, elliptical galaxies’ yellowish color comes from their aging stars. Read more: https://t.co/1NI4YoLt7Y https://t.co/QcRcwbr9kA

#BlackHistoryMonth comes to a close, but we continue honoring NASA's Black scientists, engineers, artists, and other experts who contribute to our mission of discovery: https://t.co/MHIv4k4cZF

“The really cool thing about the experiments we do is each of those 300 things we are doing is some PhD or some scientist or some engineer’s crowning achievement for their life.” - @Astro_Raja https://t.co/JsxnmVnQjX

Lena Richard had her own TV cooking show years ahead of Julia Child. Before that, in 1939, she became the first African American author of a published Creole cookbook. Her dish is in our @amhistorymuseum. Hear her story on @SidedoorPod: https://t.co/L1K6IdCBJ5 #SmithsonianBHM https://t.co/KXRdFB5U8l

What a view from my bedroom

Ingenuity helicopter aces 20th Mars flight https://t.co/LNO7I0xX1F https://t.co/xyz0L7jROT

Dmitry Rogozin, head of Rocosmos, says future Atlas 5 launches won’t have technical support from the rocket’s Russian engine manufacturer. Tory Bruno, ULA’s CEO, says this is no problem. Engines for all planned Atlas flights are in the United States. https://t.co/ibrOc1Y1FO https://t.co/pBZPnX8MYr

On this day in 1910, the Herring-Burgess Model A biplane made its inaugural flight with Augustus Herring at the controls. Herring established his credentials as an aviation pioneer in the 1890s, through his experimentation with gliders and collaboration with Octave Chanute. https://t.co/mI6DBKwdiO

Everyone's seen the disaster movies where an asteroid or comet is on a collision course with Earth. It seems like a fun premise, right up until you realize it could actually happen. 🌍☄️ Here's why you should advocate for planetary defense: https://t.co/kYfmutAPJS https://t.co/m6mjrfl4cp

The New Horizons spacecraft came within 1.4 million miles of Jupiter #OTD in 2007. Its proximity allowed it to closely observe the Jovian system, including volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon, Io! This image shows the enormous plume from Io's volcano Tvashta. https://t.co/XCyeLVp4GT

How it rains on different planets in space this is some freaky weather for these others planets.

IC1396 - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula

SpaceX hints at replacing Russian space station services https://t.co/f42uVwBbu0 https://t.co/E8GAzU1tBi

Liftoff of Rocket Lab's Electron launcher, inaugurating a new launch pad in New Zealand and hauling a new radar eye in the sky into orbit for the Japanese company Synspective. https://t.co/SwvptAnVKV https://t.co/UbAWxK3HNz