Space Contents Archive

📬 The United States Postal Service is releasing a stamp celebrating @NASAWebb this week. Officials from @NASA and @USPS will dedicate the stamp at a ceremony open to the public on Sept. 8 at 11 am ET at the @PostalMuseum. https://t.co/KWnhyDmnlj https://t.co/gytogisQrx

NASA's Juno Mission Reveals Jupiter's Complex Colors

#Artemis I leaders will provide updates on the launch status of the @NASAArtemis mission around the Moon. Join us Thursday, Sept. 8 at 11am ET (15:00 UTC): https://t.co/bkzJb5lzYW https://t.co/qPenjIOr6P

Space botany, eye checks topped the @ISS_Research schedule aboard the station today as the Exp 67 crew worked life support system upgrades. https://t.co/2fhfp9zuRR

The #EndIsNye tackles epic global disaster scenarios– From massive power surges to adorable, distracting cat videos and more– It’s the end of the world! Stream it now on @PeacockTV! https://t.co/D9zT4syjee

On this day in 1944, Germany conducted its first operational launches of a V-2, the first long-range ballistic missile, against Paris. Both rockets that were launched failed, due to premature cutoffs: https://t.co/Y82ptif5w9 https://t.co/glhODT0EKX

Sights are set! Our #DARTmission got its first look at the Didymos double-asteroid system, which poses no threat to Earth. On Sept. 26, DART will intentionally crash into Dimorphos to change its path as part of the world’s first planetary defense test: https://t.co/K8mlNIgLVB https://t.co/VLt3McfcIc

60 years ago at Rice University, President Kennedy recommitted the nation to the Moon landing goal he promised to Congress in 1961. Since then, we have gone farther than any human has ever gone… and we are just getting started. https://t.co/CTyy56Dpmp

Spectacular views as Ariane 5's twin solid rocket boosters jettison from the core stage. The rocket continues downrange east from French Guiana with the Eutelsat Konnect VHTS broadband satellite. https://t.co/vOIN8KQCgU https://t.co/8wVIyWALIm

Correct answer is actually Voyager 1! 💫

In microgravity, basic tasks like boiling water and mixing fluids go differently than here on the ground, but studying this strange fluid behavior in space is helping to improve consumer products on Earth. https://t.co/xFGFTva2Bw https://t.co/Kc52PIAkdo

Dressing our best for the Moon! @NASA has selected @Axiom_Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the #Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. https://t.co/amqGguZV1s

Our NICER telescope and @JAXA_en’s MAXI experiment on the @Space_Station are teaming up to catch unpredictable X-ray outbursts with the OHMAN rapid-response system. Through a laptop, MAXI relays new events to NICER so it can take a deeper look: https://t.co/wh8ETHk1el https://t.co/vQCiicKMlo

Is Titan the most Earth-like world in our solar system? #OTD in BOTH 2005 and 2006 the Cassini spacecraft made a close flyby of Titan while on its 20-year mission. Find out what Cassini-Huygens’ discoveries imply for the possibilities of life on Titan: https://t.co/V5NsjLftCS https://t.co/xmDg8uhpuW

Liftoff of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana with Eutelsat Konnect VHTS, a high-power broadband satellite to provide internet connectivity across Europe. https://t.co/vOIN8KQCgU https://t.co/ZMLkoYlFQ3