Space Contents Archive

Library’s prized Galileo manuscript turns out to be a clever forgery

Splashdown of Dragon confirmed, completing SpaceX’s 25th cargo resupply mission to the @space_station!

The twin @NASAVoyager spacecraft continue to beam back data, 45 years after launching. Destined to wander the Milky Way, they’re the only probes to ever explore interstellar space. And you can track them in real time: https://t.co/CExxL4jJZF https://t.co/d10hyeU25z

My take on the orion nebula

Selfie - Buzz Aldrin 1966

The @SpaceX #Dragon splashed down at 2:53pm ET today north of Cape Canaveral off the Florida coast returning science cargo and station gear back to Earth. https://t.co/4zxwUg26Dd

Viking I, the 1st spacecraft to successfully land on Mars, launched #OTD in 1975. It's twin, Viking 2, was launched 3 weeks later. Both missions were planned to last 90 days after landing, but both far exceeded their design lifetimes, transmitting data back to Earth for years. https://t.co/TcDXq5jVBH

The Long Gas Tail of Spiral Galaxy D100, The extended gas tail is about 200,000 light-years long, contains about 400,000 times the mass of our Sun, and stars are forming within it.

Exactly two years after Viking 1 launched to Mars, Voyager 2 launched on a mission to the outer planets, today in 1977: https://t.co/MZW59IpVYp https://t.co/XjhGPdlYUx

The Eagle Nebula On Ice

Dragon's four main parachutes have deployed

The difference 50 years makes! Apollo 17 vs Artemis I! Humanity is finally going back to the moon, this time, to stay! Credit nasa . . . . . . . . . . . #spacex #elonmusk #starship #nasa #esa #space #spaceexploration #future #launch #rocket #falcon9 #tech #technology #sxsn #florida #moon #orion #artemis #rollout

What is this thing in the sky?

9 days til Artemis 1

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth from space station https://t.co/o8rPUn22xw https://t.co/RtGfkYSZyJ