Space Contents Archive

Solar System Planets

This view from a spacewalker's camera looks toward the base of the @Roscosmos Nauka module and shows the Earth over 250 miles below. https://t.co/yuOTrYN8CV https://t.co/9d62fBjUyS

Just joining us? A spacewalk is underway with @Space_Station cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy & Pyotr Dubrov. Last night, a smoke alarm awoke the crew, causing a faint burnt smell that subsided with air filters. After checkouts, operations continue normally: https://t.co/z1RgZwQkWS https://t.co/NIPdSdDK3J

Virgin Galactic and Richard Branson sold $800 million in stock before investors knew the FAA was investigating a 'mishap' on its edge-of-space flight

Saturn & Its Moons!

Now that we've got our first Mars core samples, join us on Sept. 10 at 9am PT (noon ET/1600 UTC) as @NASAPersevere experts discuss what we’ve learned and what it means for the @NASA-@ESA Mars Sample Return campaign. Use #askNASA to submit questions. https://t.co/5PHhxYaxc9 https://t.co/g9q7XkHWxk

Astronomer Carl Sagan helped plan the Viking missions and was a tireless promoter of the Viking program and other exploration of the Red Planet. Learn more about the Viking program and the full-scale proof-test model we have in our collection: https://t.co/D1kbMpqTZd https://t.co/hhl9TjrSjp

I tried to make detailed panoramic image of the Moon surface. (10k)

Interacting Galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163, November 11, 1998. Credit: Hubble.

Hoag’s Object is a perfect example of a ring galaxy, about 600 million light years away. Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: Ray A. Lucas (STScI/AURA)

NGC 6914 shot by me

An 'Internet apocalypse' could ride to Earth with the next solar storm, new research warns https://t.co/mfYc4KyMqj https://t.co/mDxDxi3eVt

space cowboy

Today's spacewalkers Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov from @Roscosmos continue attaching ethernet cables and installing handrails on the Nauka science module. https://t.co/yuOTrYN8CV https://t.co/9rwAsA6T08

#TDIH in 1959: Big Joe—an unoccupied Mercury capsule—was launched on a suborbital flight. It became the second launch of the Mercury program and the first to use an Atlas booster. Big Joe was recovered in the Atlantic after reaching a peak altitude of 95 miles. https://t.co/TrYOEHNgIp