Space Contents Archive

Sometimes you just need to stop and watch the clouds roll by... on Mars. Cloudy days are rare here because the atmosphere is so thin and dry, but I've been keeping my cameras peeled and wanted to share some recent pictures with you. https://t.co/Gtgz9Iu822 (1/4) https://t.co/iJOLmnXMVo

🎥🔴 HAPPENING NOW: Are you a middle or high schooler thinking about exploring a career in STEM? NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins discusses her incredible journey in a conversation with @NMAAHC. ➡️ Right this way: https://t.co/s7TrPlNkwq https://t.co/7UNeTMoMCI

Meanwhile, the Launch Integration Tower at SpaceX Starbase continues to grow as the next prefabricated section is about to be installed. This tower will host the first Super Heavy/Starship Stack. NSF live stream with Mary (@BocaChicaGal) and bot views: ➡️https://t.co/Zhx7igZ5k2 https://t.co/A1EuJGsipk

To weld or not to weld? Ultrasonic welding, a method that uses sound and friction to meld metals together at lower temps, could provide safer conditions in space when crews need to fix or create parts. This innovative tech is also being used here on Earth. https://t.co/RMYp4dBJ71 https://t.co/AO7CdPX7Lk

Ingenuity is still out there doing unbelievable things. Yesterday, the #MarsHelicopter completed its 6th flight. Ginny has given us another view of Mars, from 33 feet about the surface. https://t.co/KkDDVuzyap

SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL LOOK AT THESE MARTIAN CLOUDS. No, seriously. These iridescent wisps are called "mother of pearl" clouds. The shimmery pastels result when the particles in the cloud are all nearly identical in size. https://t.co/Gtgz9Iu822 (3/4) https://t.co/Op73fHoTwH

🗓🌠This week… 🔬@NASA_Astronauts worked diligently to assemble new station hardware 🚀 Two cosmonauts will exit the @Space_Station for a spacewalk on June 2 to prepare the station for a brand new module Watch #SpaceToGround for all the details: https://t.co/8Wa60OGbIR https://t.co/GdulCPo2kz

#ICYMI: Yesterday, we talked live with Hubble astronaut @Astro_Megan from the @Space_Station! 👩‍🚀 https://t.co/IChm8ECJTN

Starlink: SpaceX's satellite internet project https://t.co/C22JNdfu8m https://t.co/mHx9RZ7AMC

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Shining Clouds on Mars

The Soyuz rocket’s four liquid-fueled first stage boosters have shut down and jettisoned as the vehicle heads north from Vostochny with 36 OneWeb satellites. https://t.co/zZ4kE96H8O https://t.co/yVu9LN7a6o

I wandered lonely as a cloud on Mars... These are noctilucent or "night shining" clouds. They're high in the atmosphere and likely made of dry ice. Their crystals catch the fading light of the Sun, causing them to glow against the darkening sky. https://t.co/Gtgz9Iu822 (4/4) https://t.co/LCcRibSGjx

LIVE: Administrator @SenBillNelson and acting Chief Financial Officer Steve Shinn discuss the Biden-Harris Administration's fiscal year 2022 funding request. Tune in: https://t.co/mzKW5uV4hS https://t.co/bXdhKTx5a6

John "Blue Flight" Hodge. 1929 - 2021. The NASA family lost one of its own last week: NASA's second flight director John Hodge. His valued leadership contributed to the success of countless human spaceflight milestones throughout @NASAhistory. https://t.co/OdI7ZenFQ7

Cannonball! 🌊 Diving into the summer like...⁣ ⁣ Our Orion spacecraft will carry astronauts to the Moon, and back home to Earth, where they'll splash down in the Pacific Ocean. To prepare for Artemis II, the first NASAArtemis mission with crew, engineers dropped test versions of Orion into the Landing and Impact Research Facility Hydro Impact Basin at NASA_Langley. The test series simulated a few landing scenarios in as close to real-world conditions as possible. ⁣ ⁣ On May 20, in the fourth and final water impact test, the test spacecraft was pulled back 135 feet and up 80 feet, swung, then dropped into the hydro impact basin at 41 miles per hour.⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA⁣ ⁣ #Splashdown #Summertime #Cannonball #Artemis #Spacecraft