Space Contents Archive

Nasas Artemis III spacesuit vs Yuri Gagarin’s space suit.(Present Vs Past)

“The Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU. Though this prototype uses a dark gray cover material, the final version will likely be all-white when worn by NASA astronauts on the Moon’s surface, to help keep the astronauts safe and cool while working in the harsh environment of space. Credit: Axiom Space”

Pioneer Plaque

Pioneers 10 and 11 both carried small metal plaques identifying their time and place of origin for the benefit of any other spacefarers that might find them in the distant future. The golden plaque was the brainchild of Carl Sagan who wanted any alien civilization who might encounter the craft to know who made it and how to contact them. It gives our location in the Galaxy and depicts a naked man and woman drawn in relation to the spacecraft. Pioneer 10 is heading towards the star Aldebaran in the Taurus constellation and will take more than two million years to reach it. Pioneer 11 is headed toward the constellation of Aquila (The Eagle), Northwest of the constellation of Sagittarius. Pioneer 11 will pass near one of the stars in the constellation in about 4 million years. Pioneer Plaque-NASA

Gwynne Shotwell receives RNASA Award for Space Achievement

Pluto’s has a satellite orbiting it named “Charon” that is about half the mass of Pluto. This forces Pluto to have Barycenter completely outside of the body of the planet! Making them often referred to as a “double-planet”

-In other words, If one of the two orbiting bodies is much more massive than the other and the bodies are relatively close to one another, the barycenter will typically be located within the more massive object. In this case, rather than the two bodies appearing to orbit a point between them, the less massive body will appear to orbit about the more massive body, while the more massive body might be observed to wobble slightly.

Milky Way, 2 minutes of exposure with a basic DSLR camera and a 14mm lens. Shot in the southern hemisphere

Possible supernova?

I saw a very shiny star in the city sky, set up my phone for a astropicture for about 10 mins, when i came back to check the results it was completely gone (possible supernova?) The star in question is at the bottom. Would like any opinions on what it could've been.

Ingenuity Captures Perseverance at Belva Crater. (Perseverance is in the top left)

This image of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover at the rim of Belva Crater was taken by the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during the rotorcraft's 51st flight on April 22, 2023. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Ozan Bellik on Twitter: A look at the last 6 months' 40 Falcon launches [graph]

Did this sub take serious Qs? I dunno but here goes…

How come on some days (during light hours) you can see the moon, and not on other bright days? Genuine Q.

Orion's nebulae untracked for 5 mine (ignore the halos, it was cloudy)

What are some of the funniest astronaut moments?

I always love Jack Schmidt being called Twinkle Toes on the moon. He was so excited to be there he kept falling over

M3

Asteroid 2023 HY3 passes close to earth today: NASA issues warning but no threat of collision detected

Telescope Primary Mirror Sizes Compared - Hubble LD:1990, Spitzer LD: 2003, JWST LD 2021

In terms of light-gathering capability, the most important component of a telescope is its primary mirror. The larger the mirror, the more light it can collect, and the smaller, dimmer, and more distant objects it can detect. Webb’s mirror has an area more than 5 times greater than Hubble’s and 45 times greater than Spitzer’s. Picture credit: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/4198-Image

NASA Teachers Book - The First 25 Years