Space Contents Archive

It never gets old https://t.co/fZpZ9pC1Vh

There aren't many kinds of objects in our solar system we haven't seen up close with a spacecraft. Metal asteroids are one of them. Launching in 2022, #MissionToPsyche will explore a metal asteroid that may tell us more about the core of our own planet. https://t.co/KQqpKSeWoU https://t.co/9gsaCRVsBb

What causes the eight rays in star images from the JWST?

A giant asteroid safely zoomed past us overnight https://t.co/NyNAeMB20l https://t.co/igpyjvQCgC

The Exp 67 crew is enjoying an off-duty day today following the change of command of the station and the departure of the SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts last week. https://t.co/M9trEvp0Ax

"Looks Like We Made It" (to a NASA internship!)

This is mainly in relation to [an earlier post](https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/comments/tjn4us/tell_it_to_me_straight_doc_what_are_the_chances/), which I am following up on now: A month or two back I posted a query about the chances that a sci-fi writer and science writing student might have at working for NASA Well, as of this week, I am happy to announce that I have been selected for, offered, and accepted a summer internship position in Science Writing with the Office of Communications (OCOMM) at NASA Goddard, which will officially begin on June 6th Thanks so much to everyone who offered advice or encouragement in the original post linked above... this feels like a very big achievement, and I hope it's only my first step into a larger world

The @NASAInSight lander detected its largest quake yet! On May 4, InSight’s highly sensitive seismometer observed an estimated magnitude 5 marsquake, adding to its catalog of more than 1,300 quakes detected since it landed in November 2018. https://t.co/QXViX6bPQ9 https://t.co/dsgVC1rOrq

Almost quarter Moon, 48.3%. 2022-05-08 at 20:45 UTC

After 177 days in space, what questions do you have for our Crew-3 astronauts? Join us for a post-splashdown #Crew3 news conference at 11:45am (15:45 UTC) this Wednesday, May 11—and share your Qs with #AskNASA: https://t.co/LK1X1LnE5q https://t.co/q2oBxFJDXD

Mars helicopter Ingenuity recovering from communications blackout spawned by dust https://t.co/oKeJ9620ii https://t.co/JxS8fR7mPZ

Can someone explain this?

#ICYMI: After 177 days in space, our #Crew3 astronauts are home! Drop your questions for Crew-3 in the comments! #AskNASA 💫 They will answer them in a Facebook Live on the NASA Astronauts Facebook page this Wednesday, May 11 at 10:50am ET. More: https://t.co/yCJJ7FX14Y https://t.co/p3UjDH4yk7

We stand on the shoulders of giants – those who paved the way. We recently honored former JSC Director Mark Geyer and Apollo flight director Glynn Lunney with a tree planting in the Memorial Grove, and dedicated benches to the teams of Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, shuttle, and more. https://t.co/gPrXthNjtM

On May 9, 1969 the HL-10 lifting body completed its 1st supersonic flight. The HL-10 was 1 of 5 lifting body designs flown at @NASAArmstrong between 1966 and 1975 and helped develop landing techniques later used with the space shuttle orbiters. https://t.co/sTxfUQ92xC https://t.co/3lv4q8rG1x

Moon - Captured with Pixel 6 Pro mounted to a Orion XT6