Space Contents Archive

#MarsHelicopter, you are cleared for takeoff. Flight commands are being sent. Watch live on Monday, April 19 at 3:15am PT (6:15am ET/1015 GMT) as the team finds out if they've made history by achieving the first powered flight on another planet. https://t.co/SCVeYsIfBh

Looking for #EarthDay plans? Join us for: 👩‍🔬 Live Q&As with @NASAEarth scientists 🧪 Citizen science projects 🎨 DIY crafts & more! We’re hosting a virtual event from April 21-24 to celebrate our beautiful planet. Mark the dates & register for free here: https://t.co/ZbCYcrCLaj https://t.co/zos1mqtRlI

Hey @NatlParkService, we're lucky to be #ConnectedByEarth to you! It's a joy to look down from space at some of the most beautiful places in our country, including one that's near to our hearts: Craters of the Moon National Monument, right @NASAMoon? #ConnectedByEarth https://t.co/2mBNKrprCt

FAA page for potential Starship SN15 flight next week. Cites there's a pending launch authorization. https://t.co/ZXztf1d4YR https://t.co/cnbKHiTi7L

Ingenuity has been cleared for takeoff! 🚁 The #MarsHelicopter will make its first flight attempt early tomorrow morning. We explore the significance of this flight — and why many are calling it a Wright brothers moment — in a recent blog: https://t.co/88ETKdjas7 https://t.co/gREVjZsmyv

Two galaxies colliding 50 million light years away from earth

A scientific instrument built by @NASAJPL will help pinpoint super-emitters, small individual sources that are responsible for a large fraction of global emissions of greenhouse gases: https://t.co/4CgNrg3Oxd https://t.co/96MJYexjxx

If your of a mind... check out my Guest DJ session at Willie’s Roadhouse tonight, 4/18 - 9pm ET. Listen exclusively on @SiriusXM here: https://t.co/7cJNRHlKhE https://t.co/ZafkArvrlS

After some long-distance troubleshooting, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will attempt the first flight of its kind on another world Monday in a demonstration that could open the door to a new era of interplanetary aerial scouts. Read more: https://t.co/2o6JbA16fm https://t.co/IMnt6xpE9Z

“Greatness comes not simply in triumph but in adversity. It has been said that adversity introduces a man to himself.” On this day in 1970, President Nixon greeted the #Apollo13 astronauts in Hawaii and awarded them the Medal of Freedom. https://t.co/tZyedrGynO

The Moon shines in central Gemini this evening under Pollux and Castor, forming a tall triangle with them. The Sickle of Leo stands upright in the south. Leo himself is walking westward. The Sickle forms his front leg, chest, mane, and part of his head. https://t.co/E1wpYbIHwb https://t.co/ZnOoIDpr8c

I photographed the Pleiades over some sand dunes in Colorado

Going the distance! On April 17 our @NASASolarSystem #NewHorizons spacecraft crossed a rare deep-space milestone — 50 astronomical units from the Sun. Discover more about the far-flung spacecraft: https://t.co/jUVMzTrhkx https://t.co/4cdKVngOHp

On this day in 2003, the restored Pitts Special S-1C "Little Stinker" was moved to our Udvar-Hazy Center for display. It is hung inverted in the entryway of the museum: https://t.co/pvBLc1xNJ8 https://t.co/toBIZx2t9W

Mars helicopter software update sets stage for Monday test flight: https://t.co/pqik2SiNg0 https://t.co/AhrbVhHREO