Space Contents Archive

On this day in 1969, the #Apollo11 astronauts were on their way to the Moon. The crew consisted of commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael Collins, and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. Learn more about the pioneering astronauts of Apollo 11: https://t.co/r27vgZBc38 https://t.co/u94R24cT6Z

Meteorite that hit our yard in 2013/2014. What should I do with it?

Amazing time celebrating @nasa night with @AstroAnnimal @v_wyche & the @astros - Astros meet Astros in our beloved Space City! Thank you @astros for a wonderful shared 60th anniversary celebration! https://t.co/W9cXcnKwYE

Fifty-three more Starlink internet satellites thundered into orbit from Cape Canaveral atop a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday on SpaceX’s 31st launch of the year, tying the company’s number of missions for all of 2021 and maintaining a pace of one flight per week. https://t.co/fejdJeMbI2 https://t.co/xtLcw1QzcD

Cygnus Loop Nebula

The formal ground-breaking for the Langley Memorial Aeronautics Laboratory (now @NASA_Langley) happened #OTD in 1917. Construction over the next 3 years was by all accounts a nightmare thanks to marshy terrain, untrained workers, and the Spanish Flu pandemic. (46 workers died!) https://t.co/ZtId55fUnc

AI imagined Great Wave of Kanagawa as a Space Nebula shot by James Webb...

The Moon rises due east around midnight Monday night with Jupiter poised above it. By dawn the Moon has moved a little farther from Jupiter — now to its upper right. July is Scorpius month; the twisty constellation shines highest in the south after dark. https://t.co/airVgjw8tc https://t.co/9bTP5CjvmY

Our Local Group of galaxies located within the Virgo Supercluster, as part of the larger Laniakea Supercluster. [2010 x 1484] (Credit: Andrew Colvin)

Jupiter and Galilean moons from this morning!

Globular cluster called Terzan 2, with a blanket of sparkling stars visible by the thousand over the blackness of the sky.

Luna, me, Nikon P950 (no telescope)

There’s a new telescope in orbit around Earth…the crocheted plush Hubble Space Telescope! Background galaxy is NGC 3318, processed by myself.

NASA's SpaceX CRS-25 Liftoff

Solar Mosaic w/close-up of AR3053