Space Contents Archive

We’re ONE WEEK away from @NASAWebb’s first images! 🥳 Another thing to get excited about: Within Webb’s first year of operations, it will provide infrared-light images of galaxies, adding in missing puzzle pieces to data collected by Hubble and other telescopes. https://t.co/RInSTzCQkU

“So it's not like looking out a window on an airplane or something; you get to look down at everything & it was just so amazing to see the beauty of the Earth.” Astronaut Shannon Walker on her time aboard @Space_Station on the Curious Universe podcast: https://t.co/uJnN0ZY2Wz https://t.co/UdCtTsvOXc

The Exp 67 crew studied artificial intelligence and the human nervous system while on working a U.S. airlock and testing a new 3-D printer today. https://t.co/H0Rx2bZAKr

NASA's 1st Mars rover touched down on the Red Planet 25 years ago https://t.co/iActuAAiYl https://t.co/giVQ1VUVR2

Ring, ring! Who's there? @NASA_Astronauts live from the @Space_Station. ☎️ Tune in tomorrow as @astro_watkins and @Astro_FarmerBob answer questions from students at Gifford Youth Achievement Center! Catch all the action on NASA TV: https://t.co/5thZX8EMvn https://t.co/2xgbewUrF5

Over 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system—and we're inviting you on a guided tour. Stop by our @NASAExoplanets Travel Bureau for an interactive experience of some of the most exotic destinations in the galaxy (English & en español): https://t.co/WJKFITCkoI https://t.co/dTnytI8WGv

The above image of spiral galaxy NGC 3351 includes Hubble observations, and Webb will work to identify where stars are forming behind dust and investigate the earliest stages of star formation in this galaxy. Find out more ⬇️ https://t.co/GG1LzvU5AF

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket was in a race against a thunderstorm as it returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Saturday. Watch the full time-lapse video: https://t.co/1y0iTmWIlb https://t.co/l9I8cw7trs

Just one week until @NASAWebb's first science images! #UnfoldtheUniverse How long have you been looking forward to this? https://t.co/gwLq6XAkvD

40 Years Ago on July 4, 1982, Columbia Landed in California and I was there! A flyover of Endeavour from Anaheim on Sept 21, 2012.

The Sun is one of an estimated 100 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Do you know what type of star is the most common across our home galaxy? ⭐️ https://t.co/bHCQCpwpa1

And you can learn more about the unveiling of Webb's first full-color images next week here! ⬇️ https://t.co/uThAKbx0r8

With just 1 week until the first @NASAWebb images drop, let's look back at @NASAHubble's first light image, released in May 1990. While clearer than an image from a ground-based observatory, astronomers soon noticed that something wasn't quite right. https://t.co/FRLYqCKRzl

CAPSTONE suffers communications problem https://t.co/gFzqdg8NY1

P-3 Flight Update ✈️ The aircraft team is targeting flights for July 6, between 11 am-3 pm over the I-95 corridor from Washington to Baltimore and Hampton, Virginia. Weather is a concern for tomorrow, so stay tuned for updates. https://t.co/KyNnBwFr4r