Space Contents Archive

Still have a long way to go. But, our official #Juneteenth Holiday is wonderful. Take some time today to celebrate, reflect and learn. https://t.co/H8YLmJfkEj

.@Thom_Astro and @Astro_Kimbrough, seen here during a June 16 spacewalk, will finish installing a roll out solar array on Sunday starting at 8am ET. More pix... https://t.co/vpyst2kvje https://t.co/VRXusEhM75

Matt on Twitter : SpaceX recently closed on the purchase of Massey's Gun Shop and Range off of RT.4, on the way to StarBase. Sources close to the deal have indicated that this location will be the "Raptor Facility" and possible uses may include repair, rebuild and testing of rocket engines.

What is the dark band going across center of the Milky Way?

The Pillars of Creation [OC]

.@Astro_Kimbrough and @Thom_Astro are getting ready for their next spacewalk to install new solar arrays on the @Space_Station. Tune in tomorrow for live NASA TV coverage beginning at 6:30am ET (10:30 UT): https://t.co/LLCeguiYMe https://t.co/bXjBbxyuYA

Getting Dragon to the moon

Aside from a service module, what modifications would SpaceX need to make to Crew Dragon for it to carry astronauts to lunar orbit and back once SLS and Orion are retired? Can you see NASA going for this?

Recognizing #Juneteenth today as not only a national holiday to celebrate—at last—but also a time to reflect on our nation’s promise to protect its humanity. May we learn from our history’s dark past and work together to now end racism once and for all. Galveston from ISS, 2015 https://t.co/8fCTy3CIBU

Delivery near the Production Tents this morning. Anyone know what these are? They have a large pin running through the ends and appear to mount on the side of a ring section. https://t.co/BYr3a04vRn

The Moon during the day, taken using a phone and a backyard telescope

From our launch schedule: • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 2 mission from Cape Canaveral at 2:56pm EDT (1856 GMT) June 25. • A Soyuz rocket will launch a Progress cargo ship from Kazakhstan at 7:27pm EDT (2327 GMT) June 29. https://t.co/ufc1f2AZX5 https://t.co/6sKt6eWPTZ

Earthrise - 1968

This may look like a yellow box, but it's actually a balloon gondola! On this day in 2002, Steve Fossett launched his Bud Light Spirit of Freedom balloon on the first solo flight around the world by balloon: https://t.co/FqwSi6RYzN #IdeasThatDefy https://t.co/07TZvp99nT

Why Does NASA Observe the Sun in Different Colors?

Happy Juneteenth! In 2015, @NASA_Johnson celebrated the 150th anniversary of the holiday with civil rights leader Dr. Virgil A. Wood (pictured below), who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. Learn more about the event: https://t.co/x1yO5skJWN https://t.co/rikMZtEGb1