Space Contents Archive

Politicians lie to us because, deep down, we want them to. It’s hard for them to get elected when they tell the truth.

This may be the last photo taken by the NASA Insight mission on the surface of Mars

👀 A look behind the scenes at Launch Pad 39B. Upgraded from Apollo and Shuttle for @NASA_SLS, you can see the lightning protection towers, standing 600-feet tall and the water tower which holds 400,000 gal of water to dampen the roar of 8.8 million lbs of thrust at liftoff. https://t.co/rMoU3KYcIe

The closest known black hole to Earth, less than 1600 light-years away!

Orion nebula from a phone adapter on a telescope.

Today in 1930, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was awarded the Medal of Honor for attacking seven enemy planes alone and downing two of them during World War I. He was the top-scoring American ace of WWI, with 26 confirmed aerial victories. https://t.co/SN9hyFDWBi

My first time shooting a total lunar eclipse (May 15, 2022)

#OTD in 2014, @NASA announced that data from the Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) showed that the dark space between galaxies is brighter than we once thought! Learn about the potential source of the surplus infrared light here: https://t.co/LLffUX6xbt https://t.co/Sf1o6C57lr

Face-on Spiral Galaxy M74

My first time shooting a total lunar eclipse (May 15, 2022)

The #Antares rocket with the #Cygnus spacecraft stands ready for tomorrow’s NG-18 launch from @NASA_Wallops at 5:27 a.m. EST taking supplies to the crews aboard the @Space_Station for @NASA. Go Antares! Go S.S. Sally Ride! https://t.co/29WL2lx1IF

The Earth is what we all have in common." —Wendell Berry.

Massive search for alien life on the Wow! Signal

Messier 78: Casper The Friendly Ghost Nebula

#TDIH in 1943, the Museum’s P-38 Lightning was accepted by the Army Air Forces. Days later, Lockheed got permission to convert it into a two-seat trainer, to accommodate an instructor to train civilian pilots. Once trained, they evaluated new P-38s fresh off the assembly line. https://t.co/fsRDlXfF2Y