Space Contents Archive

POV: You're standing in an elevator inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rocket and spacecraft that will kick off humanity's return to the Moon is currently sitting pretty inside the VAB, the world's largest single-story building located at NASAKennedy Space Center. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will embark on their first integrated test flight with the launch of the #Artemis I mission, currently scheduled for no earlier than Aug. 29. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux Music Provided by Universal Production Music: “Two Horizons” — Anthony d’Amario #NASA #VehicleAssemblyBuilding #NASAKennedy #SpaceLaunchSystem #SLS #Orion #Elevator #POV #Space #Moon

NASA astronauts Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins are pictured inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world," after monitoring the successful rendezvous and docking of the SpaceX Dragon space freighter on its 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission on July 16, 2022. 📷 iss067e189405 #international #space #station #iss #spacestation #astronaut #astronauts #spaceflight

Mountains of Dust in the Carina Nebula: https://t.co/kpl6EnNiB3 by @NASA, @esa, Hubble;sProccessing:sJavier Pobes https://t.co/8lN3JEcTL4

This star-studded Picture of the Week from Hubble shows the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6638. The star-strewn observation highlights the density of stars at the heart of globular clusters. 🔗 https://t.co/1KwlvUHkTR Credit: @esa / @HUBBLE_space / @NASA , R. Cohen https://t.co/AiFwttFSJC

Nichelle fell in love with space while working on #StarTrekTOS. She joined the Planetary Society and helped us advocate for space exploration. Here's an image of her with our CEO @BillNye. We will never forget all she did to inspire the future here on Earth and out in space.🖖 https://t.co/VksEI7LMYR

Went chasing the milky way, caught a fireball instead

Our latest Picture of the Week features the spiral galaxy NGC 4303, observed with the MUSE instrument at our VLT. Clouds of ionised oxygen, hydrogen and sulphur are shown in blue, green and red, signalling ongoing star formation. 🔗 https://t.co/zjmxkKYUri Credit: @ESO /PHANGS https://t.co/fswK0HETHE

Even Citizen Scientists are Getting Time on #JWST https://t.co/C8klWHOYDv Congrats to citizen scientists @space_r2 @dancaselden and Melina Thevenot! Article by @Nancy_A on @universetoday https://t.co/oxI0y0wO0I

Saturn

Jupiter and Io

Hercules Crater

We are saddened to learn that Nichelle Nichols has passed away. She was a pioneer, a legend, and a true friend of The Planetary Society. She inspired so many people, and genuinely loved space. We will miss her. https://t.co/vIH2rloYLN

Spruce Knob

Possibly going to Spruce Knob in a few weeks. Does anyone know of a few good places to observe the sky? I will probably be taking my 12” dob.

Our organization has so many fond memories of Nichelle Nichols. This image was from our 35th-anniversary event. She presented @neiltyson with the Cosmos Award for Outstanding Public Presentation of Science. https://t.co/yCBcltfbbn

The Apollo 15 Lunar Roving Vehicle was left on the Moon, as were the LRVs from Apollo 16 and 17. The "Qualification Test Unit" in our collection is a very close replica of the units that flew: https://t.co/KCAmIX0Xb3 #AirSpacePhoto https://t.co/STHvvWqUov