Space Contents Archive

Stargazing in October? We’ve got you covered. 🎃 Jupiter and Saturn are visible throughout the month. The full Moon illuminates the night starting Oct. 9. Mars enters retrograde, and the Orionid meteor shower puts on a show peaking on Oct. 20: https://t.co/OrE9pfHqPr https://t.co/2QAE09GA8n

Happy birthday NASA! On October 1, 1958, the NACA (the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) officially became @NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). We hope your birthday is out of this world! https://t.co/2ScvaOSkSF

Some of the places humans have photographed in our solar system. All the wallpapers that I could find in this specific style were using lower quality source images, so I made my own.

IC 1805 - Heart nebula

For the first time in history, a spacecraft from Earth has crashed into an asteroid to test a way to save our planet from extinction. 💯😅 https://t.co/TatmfUoJ5P https://t.co/9pjEYPJVZw

Can someone explain this please? Filmed last night.

Thought it was a comet at first but was confused at the end of video.

🚀 #SpaceForTheCurious, Virgin Galactic’s biggest event of the year designed exclusively for Future Astronauts is in full swing! We’re giving you a sneak peek from Wyoming where we are having fun while driving meaningful conversations around the new frontier of space exploration. https://t.co/o0ZsAA8BqC

Check out the @Space_Station’s view of a moon rise in celebration of #ObserveTheMoon Night! 🌑 On station, astronauts collect moon imagery that can be used for research such as the development of a backup navigation system for Orion. https://t.co/fOngsbgQDS https://t.co/fZr1zq2rxW

The Veil Nebula

Little painting I made of space

75 years ago today, the North American XP-86 made its first flight. It was a prototype for America’s first operational swept-swing fighter: the F-86A Sabre. Check out a Sabre at the Udvar-Hazy Center: https://t.co/OkJBRmJQIz https://t.co/hJq7oF1J5s

Does better coffee fuel better science? In May 2015, astronauts on the @Space_Station tested the idea with their first "ISSpresso" in a cup designed for microgravity sipping! ☕ Happy #InternationalCoffeeDay! Does space espresso have crema? Find out: https://t.co/iFBWqjYmPx https://t.co/C8mI5ca0XJ

SpaceX rolled a new Falcon 9 booster and the Dragon Endurance capsule to the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Saturday for the next space station crew mission, resuming work suspended earlier in the week as Hurricane Ian moved across Florida. https://t.co/wj5K0e0ind https://t.co/I97ra2o6Pf

Learning the names of the features on our Moon is a great way to connect with the universe. Here's our guide to Moon features that are visible from Earth. #ObserveTheMoon https://t.co/paVD9ItZGa

Teams Confirm No Damage to Flight Hardware, Focus on November for Launch