Space Contents Archive

Uranus [600x600]

Omega Nebula in original colors!! - [Hubble]

Our workforce is our strength. Check out our Twitter Moment for a recap of #HispanicHeritageMonth and #MesDeLaHerenciaHispana 2022, and follow @NASA_es for Spanish-language coverage all year round. https://t.co/YsLuM7u5vJ

Franklin Chang Díaz became NASA’s first Hispanic astronaut when he was selected in 1980. He has logged seven spaceflights and more than 1,500 hours in space, including 19 hours during spacewalks. #HispanicHeritageMonth https://t.co/jsbbtArt2C

Let's make beautiful science together. 🪐 25 years ago #OTD in 1997, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft lifted off, beginning its 2.1 billion-mile (3.4-billion km) journey to study Saturn and its moons. More on the @NASA, @esa and @ASI_spazio joint mission: https://t.co/w2d7BVVFbx https://t.co/cRQ7KjDb2J

The night sky may look deceptively still, but the universe is constantly expanding, which means everything keeps trekking through the void. https://t.co/zzoB0FhF4R https://t.co/YOyirE9vVa

Recent view of Sirius.

Appeasing The Flat Earthers...

This week in 1938, the Curtiss XP-40 Warhawk prototype made its first flight. A P-40E is on display at our Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA: https://t.co/uIAgMQAVEm https://t.co/V9L4A3NbzG

Overheard in DC: “This museum is my favorite!” We’re glad you think so. Thanks to everyone who has visited so far and made our reopening a success! Let us know what you think of the new exhibits below. https://t.co/bhjTwG4H8x

Summer Triangle (Deneb, Vega, Altair)

"The big dipper" above Cambridgeshire, UK this evening.

Picture I got of the moon at about noon today (oc)

"The last time I was home, I found a little note that I had written when I was a 13-year-old kid. It said, 'My dream job in the future is to be a programmer.'" Dr. Ivan Perez Dominguez is a research scientist at @NASAAmes. Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth: https://t.co/d58POvHyd8 https://t.co/EVVt21xYvg

The Stellar Spire in Messier 16 - Me, oil on canvas, 2022.