Space Contents Archive

Dr. Makenzie Lystrup, Goddard Space Flight Center's first female director, took her oath of office on Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot today (4/6/23)

SpaceX on Twitter: Starship fully stacked at Starbase. Team is working towards a launch rehearsal next week followed by Starship’s first integrated flight test ~week later pending regulatory approval

Uranus. (Go ahead, get it out of your system. We tried.)⁣ Only Voyager 2 in the 1980s & Keck (with adaptive optics) have imaged the planet's rings before, and they've never been this clear. @NASAWebb highlights atmospheric features & 11 of its 13 rings: https://t.co/oWpw1ekldE https://t.co/m5upNQKEEX

"Ring in" @NASAWebb's new image of Uranus! Hubble has observed the planets in our solar system for decades, and its consistent check-ins give astronomers a wealth of data about their atmospheres and weather. Now with Webb on the job as well, we can learn even more! ⬇️ https://t.co/IxDXCWd2u2

I’m very inspired by space

Zoom in - ISS and Shuttle transit the Sun [Image credit: Thierry Legault]

Rings around Uranus! James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of ice giant (photo, video) https://t.co/mGfBhnwuK4 https://t.co/55Ncu4qeba

Terran 1 Burns Methalox [Image credit: Relativity / John Kraus]

When light overwhelms gravity... A recent study using observations from @NASA's NuSTAR telescope confirmed that ultra-luminous X-ray sources are 100-500x brighter than they should be. But how? https://t.co/Tl8TwcnE3y https://t.co/RSUTZNlvOB

Milky Way Over Crater Lake with Airglow [Image cedit: John H. Moore]

Orion and the running man Nebula

What's the leg's favorite hat? A kneecap! 🦵🤠 A tissue cassette with knee meniscus cells is installed into the @Space_Station’s Biofabrication Facility for the ongoing BFF-Meniscus experiment, which evaluates the feasibility of printing a meniscus tissue sample in space. https://t.co/61ZQIqmtql

🚀 Launch alert: A new space-based instrument will monitor air quality across North America, providing hourly measurements to improve forecasts & inform policymakers. #TEMPO is set to lift off no earlier than 12:30am ET (0430 UTC), Friday, April 7. Watch: https://t.co/MPumKW3R1u https://t.co/OqYePEpAkf

Webb's powerful infrared vision unveils Uranus's faintest dusty rings along with bright features in the planet’s atmosphere. Together, Hubble & Webb will continue to observe the planets in our solar system and teach us more about our cosmic neighbors! https://t.co/UDC37YJTGv

Axiom Space targeting May 8 for launch of 2nd private crewed mission to space station https://t.co/mkfWLPBnRX https://t.co/1mUmwHByqU