Space Contents Archive

Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete – targeting launch of SpaceX’s second dedicated rideshare mission, Transporter-2, on Friday, June 25

Astronauts (from left) Shane Kimbrough and Thomas Pesquet will go out on another spacewalk this Friday at 8 a.m. EDT to install a second roll out solar array. The duo is pictured here completing the installation of the first roll out solar array on June 20 on the International Space Station's Port-6 truss structure. #nasa #esa #astronaut #unitedstates #europe #international #space #station #solar #power #walk #spacewalk #suit #spacesuit

Do you have a favorite image of Mars? Here’s one favorite among my team. A geology gold mine of rock layers with lots of signs that water was once here. Details: https://t.co/MR42TXXUfF Public favorites: https://t.co/jQbq9rXW53 Vote for your own: https://t.co/L6lhCNdqWq https://t.co/CA6JoQ28en

This how sunset looks like from space. Credits: Alexander Gerst ESA

My shot of the Trifid nebula, taken from dark skies over 3 hours using an 8” telescope [OC]

⏰ DEPARTURE ALERT: @NorthropGrumman’s uncrewed #Cygnus spacecraft named after NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is scheduled to depart the @Space_Station on Tues., June 29 after 4 months. 📺 Live NASA TV coverage begins at 12pm ET. Details: https://t.co/j3jyqXhG1J https://t.co/3KaRLuahwI

Good things come in threes. This week we installed the strongback for our third launch pad, LC-1B. Operating three launch pads across two countries means rapid call-up launch capability and enables back-to-back Electron missions. https://t.co/2PlebHV3PK

My first use of my first telescope and one of my first pics of the moon.

A scientist’s fave Mars photo. 📸 Gaze at these slopes at the edge of a plateau in Jezero Crater. Cross-bedding, or tilted layers of sedimentary rock, can be signs that water was once present there. @NASAPersevere will explore these later in the mission. https://t.co/5HGCxn0XRu https://t.co/mVNbg9lKae

Anyone know the source of this?

The Cat's Paw Nebula

Ask any space explorer, and they’ll have a favorite image or two from their mission. This shot happens to be a favorite of a @NASAPersevere Mars rover scientist. 🤩 Discover why this photo of the Red Planet gives a new angle on an old intriguing surface: https://t.co/3jxSteRzzC https://t.co/6UIkCLqIhp

Two astronauts will go on a third spacewalk on Friday for more station power upgrades to increase output and prove @NASA's Gateway lunar technology. https://t.co/KEzGBxGSB9

Tail Service Masts (TSM) and Hold Down Posts (HDP) like to live dangerously. Being hit by the exhaust of five F-1 engines. From Apollo 11's Saturn V launch from KSC 39A. https://t.co/YDgIsD3VUC https://t.co/03BAC5K7zK

The Cat's Paw Nebula