Space Contents Archive

LIVE NOW: We just opened one of the last sealed samples collected during Apollo 17. Use #AskNASA to ask our lunar experts questions about this historic moment. 🌑 https://t.co/E50qjbSYeG

#OTD in 1965, the Ranger 9 spacecraft made a planned impact on the Moon. This video shows Ranger's last couple of seconds before impact. https://t.co/i5b2e1tQYW

It's #TriviaThursday! What was the highest altitude achieved by the X-15 aircraft? (Bonus points if can name the pilot!) Comment the answer below 👇 Give up or want to learn more? Check out our history of the X-15: https://t.co/zjNHMybTrl #NASAHistoryPublications 📖 @NASAAero https://t.co/AeTXvrmQWh

NASA finally opened 50-year-old Apollo moon rock sample as agency eyes human return to lunar surface https://t.co/De3DsycHtA https://t.co/YHkeNQHfu0

Sunlight glinting off the lakes of Saturn's moon Titan captured by Cassini

Microbes in space? You bet! @AstroMarshburn explains recent studies we have conducted aboard the @Space_Station to better understand microbial life. https://t.co/Lpf4bWj9Ld

NASA's Perseverance rover begins 3-mile dash to the martian delta that scientists hope holds signs of ancient microbial life. Ingenuity helicopter will scout ahead after mission extended until at least September.

Orion Complex

We're about a week away from the first all-private astronaut mission to the @Space_Station! Tune in Friday, March 25 after the Flight Readiness Review for a briefing with @Axiom_Space & @SpaceX mission leaders. Estimated start time is 6pm ET (22:00 UTC): https://t.co/Ilaa4OciV7 https://t.co/IQMrrL04mD

Astronaut Matthias Maurer of ESA (European Space Agency) is pictured on the International Space Station's truss structure during a spacewalk to install thermal gear and electronics components on the orbiting lab. The space station was 268 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand. #nasa #esa #astronaut #earth #pacific #ocean #newzealand #walk #spacewalk #suit #spacesuit #international #space #station

Nebula, Oil Pastel, Black Chalk Paper

Comet Neowise over Goshen Pass, Virginia

NASA Finalizes Plans for Its Next Cosmic Mapmaker

Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle with the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-63. Her response in 1999 when she became the first, and at the time only woman, to do so: "Hopefully not for long!" #WomenHistoryMonth https://t.co/DyloDOGGt7

North Korea launches most powerful missile yet in 1st ICBM test since 2017: reports https://t.co/CTYz0kgp7i https://t.co/WFC3plASEZ