Space Contents Archive

A tribute to NASA’s James Webb telescope.

Static fire test complete – targeting Thursday, December 9 at 1:00 a.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of @NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission

The @Space_Station welcomed a new module and an antenna upgrade this week, while @ISS_Research highlights included a study of spacesuit cooling technology. More on the latest #SpaceToGround: https://t.co/XvLenZsMpQ https://t.co/yAzPnfzMZh

25 years ago today, Mars Pathfinder launched. Seven months later, it became the first spacecraft to land on the Red Planet, since Viking did 20 years earlier. https://t.co/4Jbf6pydKL

At the end of the Canadarm above the @Space_Station during Thursday’s spacewalk. Most thrilling work site I’ve ever seen! Best thing is, the team got one of our communication antennas working again. https://t.co/qa06WADHNq

NASA to award SpaceX three more commercial crew flights - SpaceNews

SpaceX just test-fired a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster on pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket’s Merlin engines ignited at 12:18pm EST (1718 GMT) for a static fire test ahead of launch next week with NASA’s IXPE astronomy mission. https://t.co/LjYftcPg72 https://t.co/FPa3rO2SXZ

This mornings total solar eclipse in Antarctica, as seen from the only telescope imaging it from the ground

"Saturday morning, the Expedition 66 crew squeezed into the Cupola to check out the total solar eclipse that occurred over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Here the moon casts an oblong shadow on the Earth’s surface. It was an incredible sight to behold." – Kayla Barron https://t.co/FktW8qsBIU

We’re at @comicconla! We’re hosting a live panel with some of @NASA’s and JPL’s finest to pay tribute to @NichelleIsUhura and the importance of diversity in space exploration. https://t.co/OpCUL8mD6b

We just learned that a planet called Theia crashed into what’s now the Earth. What happened to Theia?

Elon on twitter "We will soon make these real", posts photo of double star-ship launch ability in Boca Chica

Necessity is the mother of invention. Rita Rapp and her team of food scientists created the perfect cookie that hardly crumbles—perfect for spaceflight—like these sugar cookies from Apollo 11: https://t.co/U9dfuLojMa #NationalCookieDay https://t.co/Xx0KSAx1Rk

NASA's getting some new recruits – and we want to ask them your questions! 👨‍🚀 Have a❓for the new class of astronaut candidates? Submit yours using #askNASA and we might ask them LIVE on Dec. 6 when we reveal who these candidates are. https://t.co/eWfEE7k31l

Startlink? (Seen over Portugal coming from south to northeast)