Space Contents Archive

Saturn’s Hexagonal Storm

On Tues., Aug 24, @Astro_Sabot & @Aki_Hoshide will venture outside the @Space_Station for a spacewalk to prepare for the installation of a new solar array. Experts will preview the spacewalk in a Q&A on Mon., Aug. 23 at 2pm ET: https://t.co/0ibO3O8Z7O https://t.co/L9KGfbAicY

Grateful to all U.S. veterans and their families for your service to our country, and to all those who served in Afghanistan. Despite the current crisis, your immeasurable sacrifices these past 20 years have not been in vain. https://t.co/uqmv2X4Ro2

Live Long & Prosper🖖 @StarTrek creator Gene Roddenberry fostered a legacy of inspiration, hope, and diversity. We’re celebrating his 100th bday with a special program including @GeorgeTakei. Join the #Roddenberry100 fun by posting your best Vulcan salute. https://t.co/m7XcKNitJq https://t.co/M3xYjx24JA

🥗 You can munch on a “space salad” here on Earth! This week, Snacktime with @NASA explores how we grow veggies on the @Space_Station and how instruments on the station help us track plant health on the ground. https://t.co/GgcGOZvOVZ https://t.co/5rNPEhCXU9

Analysis of an actively cooled ceramic heat shield for starship.

I took a picture of the Milky Way from Sunrise Point in Mount Rainier National Park

Carl Sagan dreamed of solar sailing before founding The Planetary Society in 1980. Our members helped us fulfill that dream with the launch of our crowdfunded LightSail 2 mission. Do you think Carl would be proud? https://t.co/LbOJz18Ypn

🚀 We're calling for student tech ideas! 💡 6th-12th grade educators & students affiliated with U.S. schools are invited to enter our TechRise challenge. Winning teams receive funds to build their experiment and a spot to test it on a suborbital flight: https://t.co/n00RWYqEPO https://t.co/NUnvtG8Lmb

It's our first mission to a metal-rich asteroid—a journey that may help us better understand the formation of Earth and other planets. On Aug. 19, 7pm PT/10pm ET/0200 GMT, we’ll discuss the #MissionToPsyche, as it prepares to launch to a mysterious world. https://t.co/6pvE8xL3Hj https://t.co/NJT1qyVkXu

We're at it again! 🚀 Payloads built by eight community college and university teams will launch aboard a sounding rocket tomorrow, Aug. 19, between 5-8:30 pm ET. For those in the Wallops area, weather permitting, you may catch a glimpse of the rocket. 🌟 https://t.co/cuvulNNeY9 https://t.co/RKdfsfu6f1

📧 Are you subscribed to our ISS Research newsletter? This week, get a preview of the next science delivery to the @Space_Station, results from a recent CRISPR study, and more. Sign up: https://t.co/ibFmHRGwRo https://t.co/7CNKWKCnew

Nestled among the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own solar system.

Follow that trail! While looking at exposures of the Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy taken #OTD in 2003, astronomers were surprised to see the trail of an asteroid. At that time, the previously unknown asteroid was 169 million miles from Earth. https://t.co/sadzlrvg8e https://t.co/sndRlb37I3

Explore what's next for humans in space at "Envisioning a World of Space People," a virtual discussion with @NASA associate administrator @KathyLueders. Presented live on YouTube on September 14 at 8 pm ET. Learn more and sign up: https://t.co/qEkyS9wsPC https://t.co/3ksC5dYzs6