Space Contents Archive

Returning humanity to the Moon A dedicated team 🤝 a powerful rocket In this new episode of our #CuriousUniverse podcast, learn about our @NASAArtemis program and preparing a Moon rocket for launch from @NASA_SLS and @NASAGroundSys engineers. 🎧 : https://t.co/oIPCLcztCW https://t.co/G4nM220ET1

Students from Arkansas and Florida will hear from astronauts on the station this week live on @NASA TV. https://t.co/LS0zdnsSkE

*SOUND ON* Seeing an Aurora on Earth is awesome but seeing one from space is legendary. I shot this time-lapse while orbiting over South Africa and Australia. Learn more about what forms an aurora on my Instagram. https://t.co/b4e5LINaXB

40 years ago in @NASAhistory, Columbia was at @NASAKennedy as crews prepared the space shuttle for its second flight – the STS-2 mission. https://t.co/2TDi2aFQrO

Tracking the Milky Way

Recent research has revealed that individual animal cells can detect gravity. However the mechanism for this sensing is largely unknown! @Aki_Hoshide has prepped the Cell Gravisensing study to analyze changes in cell stress fibers during spaceflight as a possible cause. https://t.co/QzLcIAilFs

Perseid Meteor. It’s not great, but I was proud to get one. (Processed was just lightening it up)

NEW science heads to the @Space_Station aboard a @SpaceX resupply mission on Aug. 28! Investigations include: 🦴 Building bone with byproducts 👁️ Keeping an eye on eyes And more! Learn how they could impact life on Earth & in space: https://t.co/oMWxb2vHSM https://t.co/ED1ju7JU2S

An Astrobee robotic free-flyer on the station used ISAAC software to test autonomous operations aboard the orbital lab. https://t.co/cDPLreLmQR

On this day in 1944, the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet flew its first operational sortie. It was the first and only tailless rocket-powered interceptor to see operational service. https://t.co/2AbrdYIe0M https://t.co/c6ayJZpeOY

A Sagittarius triplet – M8, M20, and NGC 6559

ESA/Hubble #Flashback: This is the brightest globular cluster in the night sky, after Omega Centauri, hosting tens of thousands of stars. 🔗https://t.co/fnOo5JL61U Credit: @ESA / @NASA / the Hubble Heritage Team https://t.co/TNgwybYBTU

Tycho's Supernova Remnant / Credit: MPIA/NASA

Crowds surge on Afghanistan airport in satellite photos https://t.co/s5MK1UkFNc https://t.co/h3ALQoQj0H

Jupiter time-lapse thanks to unexpected clearing of clouds