Space Contents Archive

Elon Musk on twitter: Good static fire with all six engines!

This week, we completed the shortest turnaround in history between a crew return to Earth & a launch to the @Space_Station. Get details on Crew-2’s mission aboard the orbiting lab – and #Crew3, who just arrived, in a new episode of #SpaceToGround: https://t.co/ZfBHPps7O0 https://t.co/pXRva0iQtn

Two @NASA_Astronauts will go on a spacewalk on Nov. 30 to replace an antenna. @NASA officials will talk about it live on @NASA TV on Nov. 17. https://t.co/yOjwISbV9V

A daytime approach

#OTD in 1980, Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Saturn at a range of about 78,290 miles. This image is a color-enhanced photo of Saturn taken by Voyager 1 earlier that year. https://t.co/ylRsxSOE3d

Martian sunrise. ⠀ NASA's Phoenix Lander took this image on 25 th August, 2008.

A daytime approach

In May 1969, Apollo 10 astronauts traveled all the way to the Moon to “snoop around” the Apollo 11 landing site. For this reason, the crew named the lunar module “Snoopy.” Soon #AstronautSnoopy will visit the Moon once again as the zero gravity indicator aboard @NASAArtemis I https://t.co/uALUtBlc5E

Last night, the @SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts docked to the @Space_Station, beginning their six-month mission aboard the microgravity laboratory. https://t.co/Sg7TrpkKzg

Saturn - Imaged from my garden in California a few weeks back. [OC]

115 years ago today, Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont, who spent most of his adult life in Paris, became the first to set a world record recognized by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. He flew a kite-like biplane structure called the14-Bis for a total of 722 feet. https://t.co/e07OlTAXKm

I was taking photos of the Moon but suddenly some birds wanted to make it look better!

The hatch is closed! 🚪 SIRIUS-21’s new analog crew just began an 8-month mission inside Moscow's NEK facility. This multinational group is simulating life off-planet to help scientists study team dynamics, health, & more during confinement. Learn more: https://t.co/iv1LMaarBI. https://t.co/uaWLQpBLsa

Starship S20 6 engine static fire! (photo credit: spacex)

SpaceX fires up Starship SN20 prototype in key 6-engine test (video) https://t.co/bYtz6awmbg https://t.co/F7KVuo2c8b