Space Contents Archive

A supermoon rises behind the Washington Monument, Sunday, June 23, 2013, in Washington.

That time when the Easter bunny visited me in space. #HappyEaster to all who celebrate! May we strive to be the good eggs in the world and bring peace where evil is hatched. https://t.co/1HQuBLHON9

10 years ago today Space Shuttle Discovery, atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flew over Washington, DC, and landed at Dulles Airport—one step closer to arriving at its new home at our Udvar-Hazy Center. #10YearsOfDiscovery https://t.co/UpaKvNvpBQ

Earthrise

I finished my Metal Earth model of the space shuttle!

(18 June 2013) -- NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, perform cargo operations in the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) "Albert Einstein" currently docked to the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

How to get better details? Eyepiece recommendations please!

A group of galaxies known as Dear Lick Group or NGC7331 shot using 5 second exposures with a GoTo dobsonian

The U.S. Army thinks waterbirds are more important than you. 🎧 Learn more: https://t.co/kmJOlJBy5l https://t.co/0VAU22lLGL

Milky way over Half Dome, Yosemite.

The sun is captured in a "starburst" mode over Earth's horizon by one of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station, as the orbital outpost was above a point in southwestern Minnesota on May 21, 2013.

Look high above Orion for Pollux and Castor, lined up roughly horizontally. They form the top of the Arch of Spring. Lower left of them, Procyon forms the Arch's left end. To the lower right of Pollux and Castor is Menkalinan and Capella, the right end. https://t.co/R5IPFH2OQu https://t.co/btgLgWyWOY

I always get complaints from readers about metric vs imperial. I'm thinking we switch to even more obscure measurement systems so everyone is put out. Temperatures in Delisle, distance in Alen, weight in Hobbits.

Milky Way arch over Saguaro National Park (Jeff Abong)

On this day in 1945, our Martin B-26 Marauder "Flak-Bait" flew its 200th confirmed combat mission—becoming the first American bomber in the European Theater of Operations to do so. Read about its service history on the blog: https://t.co/a2qhmBREFv https://t.co/XldnLG6bDM