Space Contents Archive

Untracked Milky Way on southern hemisphere skies

March 2023 marks the 50th anniversary release of @PinkFloyd’s legendary album Dark Side of the Moon. And I’ve spend 50 yrs undoing the misconception it has caused. The Moon has a far side, but no dark side -- nor is it “all dark”. On the Moon, the day/night cycle lasts a month. https://t.co/9tLBu2GARf

"People need to realize not to make assumptions. Be open and curious about the abilities of everybody." Dana Bolles is an External Information Technology Lead at NASA Headquarters. Discover how her community shapes her life, professionally and personally https://t.co/k2Ct6U4yj1 https://t.co/nuaHChhTRZ

The Exp 68 crew finished a busy week aboard the orbiting laboratory with a tomato harvest, station maintenance, and transferring supplies from the Dragon cargo craft. 🍅 https://t.co/blBT3BLpjp

Fly into the weekend like Ingenuity! This footage was captured by @NASAPersevere as the #MarsHelicopter took off for its 47th flight on March 9, 2023. https://t.co/SYgrLkaWVa

Falcon 9 has landed! Booster No. 1071 has settled onto the SpaceX drone ship in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California, completing the reusable rocket's eighth flight to space. Falcon 9's upper stage has arrived in orbit with 52 Starlink satellites. https://t.co/J2D8HQBeVT https://t.co/9YG0a0p5fm

The third and last Deep Space EVA performed by Ron Evans during Apollo 17

Our #Crew5 mission returned from the @Space_Station, @POTUS announced our proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year, and the prototype spacesuit for our return to the lunar surface was revealed—This Week at NASA. Subscribe for weekly updates at https://t.co/MGGi7zOQWF https://t.co/VmhLzS9iee

The #MarsHelicopter is gearing up for Flight 48! Ingenuity will take to the skies no earlier than March 18. It is expected to cover 1,272 ft (~388 meters) at a max. altitude of 40 ft (12 meters) for more than 142 seconds. https://t.co/stVfo0HsPA

Happy #StPatrickDay 🍀 We think you shamrock, @NASA_Orion https://t.co/AklT7XyC6n

What I was able to capture with 40 minutes of exposure time in Death Valley National Park! @mikeyyy0 on twitter

Twenty years ago today, the first artifact delivered to our Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center arrived in the Boeing Aviation Hangar. It was a Piper J-3 Cub and it would soon be joined by thousands of other artifacts. #UHC20 https://t.co/HOs6Meptie

Exoplanets, dark matter and more: Big discoveries coming from James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers say https://t.co/Hhlmj4glNQ https://t.co/98upjI0peI

Hazel Ying Lee was one of the first Chinese American women to earn a pilot’s license and fly for the U.S. military. She knew she wanted to fly from a young age and began lessons at 19. Lee served as a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. https://t.co/zj11gNg6YC

At Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, SpaceX just started loading kerosene and liquid oxygen into a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff with 52 more Starlink internet satellites. Launch is set for: •12:26:40pm PDT •3:26:40pm EDT •1926:40 UTC https://t.co/J2D8HQBeVT https://t.co/wvuJPi7Uls