Space Contents Archive

🔦🔴 #AAPIHeritageMonth: Today, we spotlight @NASAJPL systems engineer Allen Chen, currently the Mars 2020 Entry, Descent, & Landing Lead. On Aug. 5, 2012, Chen announced "Touchdown confirmed. We're safe on Mars!" when our Curiosity rover landed: https://t.co/E6NQuGk1Cx https://t.co/v7cTaZdwMd

SpaceX will install ground stations within Google’s data centers for its #Starlink broadband satellites under a new cloud partnership. They expect to provide new capabilities for @googlecloud customers in the second half of 2021: https://t.co/ms2LjrZDHL https://t.co/2ZiZWjDh5s

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos) https://t.co/E0tNzEbXmr https://t.co/UIm6uE5Ktd

SpaceX on Twitter: SpaceX’s fifth high-altitude flight test of Starship from Starbase in Texas

Outstanding collaboration and leadership!👏 The @AIAA is honoring our Director, Michael Watkins, and JPL Autonomous Systems Manager, Michael Gross, plus two European partners with an International Cooperation award for their work on the GRACE mission. https://t.co/bxjzciH2Kj https://t.co/4WhnrsGCyG

I made a painting of the whole universe

Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a 12-day Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian space agency announced Thursday. https://t.co/usSQbAMwFx https://t.co/RwBb2Ol1Zj

First time seeing light pillars. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA

If time passes differently at different places in the universe for eg near a black hole, etc what is the actual age of the universe ?

NASA partners with deep-ocean explorers to develop tech for Europa mission https://t.co/76kdFcgYKE https://t.co/t7HAuDCaaP

ESO 137-001 (The Jellyfish Galaxy)

Welcoming new aircraft into our collection never gets old. Aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker's Oracle Challenger III aircraft arrived at the museum earlier this month. It will go on display in the upcoming "We All Fly" exhibition when it opens late next year. https://t.co/ka0SjJYUhj

This week in 2013, astronaut Chris Hadfield (@ColChrisHadfield) posted the first music video (a rendition of Bowie's Space Oddity) recorded in space! His vocals and guitar were recorded on the ISS, and other instruments were added later with help from the Canadian Space Agency. https://t.co/51RtVRQq8O

Carina Nebula in visible light

A 2 hr startrail from terrace. Visibility was great today.