Space Contents Archive

NASA is still investigating what caused Hubble to go dark.

🧐 It's just another space rock. Ore is it? In 2022, Psyche will be the first mission to explore an asteroid made of metal. Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton irons out the details in our latest podcast episode of #GravityAssist: https://t.co/Cj1R1B5IYE https://t.co/fkXgxZdYDL

[OC] I took this picture of the Bubble Nebula from my backyard

What’s inside a planet? #MissionToPsyche will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name that may give us insight into this mystery. In the latest Gravity Assist podcast, meet the Psyche mission leader as she gets more in-depth about the science goals. https://t.co/XLMMx5ue39 https://t.co/fUFHRkKATN

[OC] I took a picture of the Bubble Nebula in my backyard

Take a look inside the cockpit of Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" and you'll find a few handwritten notes, including Chuck Yeager's signature and "Oct. 14, 47," commemorating the date he broke the sound barrier for the first time. #ArchivesSignatures #AirSpacePhoto https://t.co/znnYWxfM55

NASA seeking proposals for next phase of Artemis lunar lander services despite industry protests

NASA to Air Departure of SpaceX Cargo Dragon from Space Station

Perseverance Selfie with Ingenuity (Source: NASA)

Space exploration can work up an appetite! 🍴 NASA is looking for ideas to design a food system that provides astronauts with ample sustenance on missions to the Moon & Mars. Check out menu requirements: https://t.co/ttU3d1wx0y

Happy Birthday to astronaut Wendy Lawrence! She graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1981 and received a master's degree in ocean engineering from MIT before being selected by NASA in 1992. She is a veteran of four spaceflights (STS-67, 86, 91, 114). https://t.co/vvvSwPKuhu

Nine spacewalks down, hundreds of @ISS_Research experiments complete, and we’re only halfway through the year! 🛰️ Watch the latest episode of #SpaceToGround to see what crews on the @Space_Station have been up to in 2021 and what lies ahead: https://t.co/s3hP1vKYRS https://t.co/pph7ZpIZ8I

Messier 27 - The Dumbbell Nebula; taken from my backyard in Massachusetts. One of my favorite DSO to image.

#OTD in 1943, Charles B. Hall became the first black fighter pilot to down an enemy aircraft. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor and his squadron presented him with its own reward, a chilled bottle of Coke, a precious commodity in the Mediterranean theater. https://t.co/vQRwAyQuwb

#OTD in 1985, @esa lunched Giotto, the first European Space Agency deep space missions. Giotto provided the first close-up images of a comet's nucleus during its flyby of Halley's Comet on March 13-14, 1986. https://t.co/Q1dQUysF0n