🚁🔴 WATCH: On the latest edition of #NASAScience Live, we discuss the exciting future of extraterrestrial flight with experts from the Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter team and upcoming Dragonfly mission team. Have Qs? Use #AskNASA: https://t.co/7jn1Zc4cvD
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The @SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts will have a @NASA TV news conference on Thursday. Back in space, the Exp 65 crew is researching the human body. More... https://t.co/Vjj6suHvzI https://t.co/4s8dsdeKrS
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Spin me right round! I took this 360º panorama with my Mastcam atop “Mont Mercou,” a rock formation overlooking Gale Crater. It's made from 132 images of the terrain (rather than my hardware or the sky). Enjoy the view on desktop or via the @YouTube app: https://t.co/NLIyNVYDlp https://t.co/DEsNnUBZ8I
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Martian Sedimentary Strata
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The Force is strong with this little one. With help from the team back home, #MarsHelicopter just sent back this special message. Today we're celebrating all kinds of code, from the Jedi Code to the open-source code on Ingenuity. https://t.co/YJ7YLzXvwn #MayTheFourthBeWithYou https://t.co/PbdetprAJZ
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Falcon 9 touchdown confirmed! The oldest reusable booster in SpaceX’s operational inventory has completed its ninth trip to space and back. This marks the 82nd successful recovery of a Falcon booster since 2015. https://t.co/NPEygGCRNT https://t.co/PE4GjlhKK3
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Teachers open up our universe! 💫 Whether in-person or on a screen, educators everywhere have adapted and continued to inspire and challenge the next generation of explorers to reach for the stars: https://t.co/c3He8noGVQ From the @Space_Station, happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek! https://t.co/h1mlDlbYR5
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LIVE NOW 🚁 Learn more about extraterrestrial flight from #MarsHelicopter and Dragonfly experts in our latest NASA Science Live episode. They’ll be answering your questions live on air. https://t.co/eb00VOGG1u
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The Falcon 9 booster on today's launch — designated B1049 -- is the oldest first stage in SpaceX's operational fleet. The stage is making its 9th flight, tying the record number of launches & landings for a single Falcon booster. Live view of pad 39A: https://t.co/S9iVIQR1dx https://t.co/7DBkIgwvpl
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Falcon 9 laser beam (Starlink v1.0 L-25)
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Every day we learn how living in weightlessness impacts the body, and how astronauts can fight negative effects – like loss of bone strength. Do you know how much bone density an astronaut loses during a @Space_Station mission? https://t.co/734eOifVvP
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Perseverance rover captures a Hubble deep field moment - NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using the SkyCam, an upward-facing camera located on the top deck of the rover. This image was acquired on May. 4, 2021 (Sol 73) at the local mean solar time of 01:10:03. Image Credit: NASA/
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Delivering your mail in less than 12 parsecs… and in style! In 2007, the US Postal Service turned 400 standard blue mailboxes into #StarWars Luke Skywalker's trusty droid R2-D2. See one on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center! https://t.co/sIyIZs8et9 #Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay https://t.co/j8HxSsVwQ2
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All 60 Starlink internet satellites have deployed from the rocket at an altitude of 182 miles (293 km) south of New Zealand. With this flight, SpaceX has launched 100 straight Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets without an in-flight mission failure. https://t.co/NPEygGCRNT https://t.co/gfD6GEtwQ6
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What’s cooler than launching a spacecraft? Launching one from another spacecraft! Magellan, the first planetary spacecraft launched from a space shuttle, was designed to map the surface of Venus. Atlantis deployed Magellan #OTD in 1989, and it reached Venus 15 months later. https://t.co/12TghZc0dP
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