Space Contents Archive

Michael Sheetz on Twitter: Thread about Axiom-1 mission

Right now, the Moon, in its orbit, is spiraling away from Earth by about the width of two fingers every year. Just thought you might want to know this. https://t.co/SoQsU3abHp

High five, Ingenuity! ✋ On May 7, our Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took flight for the fifth time. Seen here captured by one of the cameras aboard the Mars Perseverance rover, the helicopter was able to: 📶 Reach new record heights of 33 feet (10 meters) 🚁 Fly 424 feet (129 meters) to a new landing site ⏲️ Be airborne for a total of 108 seconds ✅ Make history as the helicopter’s first one-way trip Well done to our tiny but mighty rotorcraft! Credit: NASAJPL #NASA #MarsHelicopter #Redplanet #108secondstoMars #RedPlanet #MondayMotivation

🤘 LIVE: Rock on! Join us as @NASASolarSystem's #OSIRISREx mission bids farewell to asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft will fire its thrusters & start its journey home, carrying precious asteroid material that it will return to Earth in 2023: #ToBennuAndBack https://t.co/9sJCq6lCEz

Spider 'trying to eat' NASA antenna in Australia

Perseverance: Meet the driver who navigates the Mars rover

The Exp 65 crew took a well-deserved day off on Monday. The next SpaceX #CargoDragon mission will launch to the station from @NASA_Kennedy on June 3 carrying new solar arrays. More... https://t.co/9ih7SicgI2 https://t.co/xwjYwHzJPj

Farewell to Asteroid Bennu

Nova in Cassiopeia Brightens Suddenly to Naked-Eye Visibility

New Assoc. NASA Director

We lose a great director at KSC but BOB CABANA just took Assoc. Director of NASA!! We need a great man like him in our court.

Feet on the ground, head in the sky. The #MarsHelicopter's feet & stance keep it stable and upright while parked. During its firm landings, the chopper’s sturdy suspension functions like a shock absorber made to withstand the forces Mars throws at it. https://t.co/9nAgg9HZH6 https://t.co/98G26axVVk

An aurora is pictured streaming above the Earth from a window aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience. The International Space Station was orbiting 271 miles above the Indian Ocean in between Australia and Antarctica. #nasa #roscosmos #esa #jaxa #csa #unitedstates #russia #europe #japan #stars #canada #earth #aurora #nightphotography #night #indian #ocean

M82 Cigar Galaxy (multiband)

In 1932, Katherine Cheung became the first woman pilot of Chinese descent to earn a pilot's license in the United States. This #AAPIHeritageMonth, discover the stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander aerospace innovators: https://t.co/FGQelECJJX #APAHM https://t.co/8U0t44C4Ic

Not to worry, the Moon’s been spiraling away from us for nearly 4.5 billion years, shortly after the Solar System was born. Back then,the Moon was in-your-face: It orbited Earth every 8 hours, was 20x closer, 400x larger on the sky, and forced tides 8,000x stronger than today. https://t.co/JgiYizWhRx