Space Contents Archive

🔴 LIVE NOW: 🌊 Cannonball! Watch as we drop test the 14,000 lb (6.35 ton) @NASA_Orion spacecraft into our Hydro Impact Basin in preparation for Artemis II, our first #Artemis mission with a crew: https://t.co/pLtE7p2K13 https://t.co/9p05HM6KUm

The station raised its orbit today as the Exp 65 crew continued biology research, spacewalk preps and lab maintenance. More... https://t.co/Q0ZIlkRjcU https://t.co/uBAcgSPPtP

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy, photobombed by a meteor

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work I go. I’m going to explore new Martian terrain and search for salt minerals that could provide more clues to this Red Planet I call home. https://t.co/B1PLeUnfJM

It’s time for a Mars Report 🔴 Our robotic scientists continue to explore the Red Planet. @NASAPersevere is preparing to collect samples in the search for signs of ancient microbial life, while @MarsCuriosity is ready to check out some new terrain. https://t.co/HtT7aQsHAa

Waiting for the summer to arrive, here's the result of my last summer efforts.

On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart took off in her red Lockheed Vega to become the second person, and first woman, to make a solo nonstop transatlantic flight: https://t.co/MHWGYZLJEz #BecauseOfHerStory #IdeasThatDefy https://t.co/htKbz0fDCh

CALLING STUDENTS: Want to fly experiments to the @Space_Station or work with us on a project while in school? Find out how in a @Tumblr Answer Time! Submit ?s for recent @uidaho grad Hannah Johnson & #STEMonStation manager Becky Kamas. ❓ Ask here: https://t.co/BzMgagc6b1 https://t.co/NWipxzeDd9

LIVE🔴 C’mon! Let’s head over to our clean room. We’re building an Earth-observing satellite that’ll help us see our planet in a new light. @NASAEarth experts are taking your questions about this new mission and what we plan to accomplish with it. https://t.co/AYeCfCekJn https://t.co/MjPLLF0Miq

Firefly Aerospace Awards Contract to SpaceX to Launch Blue Ghost Mission to Moon in 2023

Today we celebrate astronaut and pilot Ellison Onizuka. Chosen as a member of the 1978 "Thirty-Five New Guys" astronaut class, Ellison became the first Asian American in space during STS-51-C. Ellison died in the tragic Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. #AAPIHM https://t.co/ScjN61lKJt

First attempt at capturing the Moon through my telescope 😊

Astrophotography mode on pixel camera is crazy good!

One I Took Through My Beginner Telescope

A #NationalBeeDay artifact to brighten up your Thursday. This is a 1/16 scale model of a Gee Bee Z racing aircraft. The Gee Bee Z Super Sportster was built to win the Thompson Trophy for air racing — a feat it achieved in 1931. https://t.co/7z80rUjqyE