Space Contents Archive

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning views of Venus during its close flyby of the planet in July 2020. The prominent dark feature in the center of the image is Aphrodite Terra, the largest highland region on the Venusian surface.

Here’s your ride to #UnfoldTheUniverse, @NASAWebb. The Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket rolled out today to the launchpad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is set for Dec. 25 at 7:20am ET (12:20 UTC): https://t.co/IQ6yWeVbXl https://t.co/Hn4kEdf6vD

Last Friday a nearly full moon appeared over a pressure system in the northern Pacific. There’s a lot of physics going on here! https://t.co/Y6oguFiEGK

'Twas a few nights before Christmas, When all through Mission Control, Santa hats lined each and every console. A @SpaceX sleigh full of science and food arrived to the @Space_station, Docked to the Harmony module's chimney; the crew cheers in jubilation. https://t.co/EwKkT59mss https://t.co/IlMkDaGCn4

The European Ariane 5 rocket set to boost the James Webb Space Telescope off the Earth Saturday has arrived at its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. 📷 @nasahqphoto https://t.co/1iaQ2kHjtO https://t.co/A3Y59hQlwN

At long last, the world's most powerful space telescope is ready to launch

M33 Triangulum Galaxy

2021 was a busy year aboard the space station with spacewalks, crew launches, cargo missions, and groundbreaking research. #SpaceToGround https://t.co/GYs63IITNP

NASA, Partners Complete Webb Rocket Rollout – James Webb Space Telescope

From the Apollo era to the present day, space travelers have always found their own unique ways to celebrate the holidays and ring in the New Year: https://t.co/hfeIGzHKge https://t.co/SVkWykunN9

During the #Apollo8 mission this week in 1968, humans entered lunar orbit and saw the far side of the Moon for the first time. Just before Loss of Signal (LOS) on their first orbit, Jim Lovell reported to Mission Control: "We'll see you on the other side." https://t.co/j3G9fVc3k8

Experiencing any chilly winter weather? Aboard the @Space_Station we keep things cool using freezers like MELFI, the Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS. The cold storage unit maintains experiment samples at ultra-cold temperatures throughout a mission. https://t.co/iHFs8H9V0z

What will the James Webb Space Telescope reveal to us about dark matter? https://t.co/0M6HgBETRA https://t.co/DFOjuxUEIe

A Brief History of Planetary Orbit Insertion Failures - 3 NASA missions unfortunately made the list

An infrared observatory, seen in infrared. This false color infrared image from @nasahqphoto shows the ride to space for the James Webb Space Telescope — a European Ariane 5 rocket — during its rollout to the ELA-3 launch zone today in French Guiana. https://t.co/1iaQ2kHjtO https://t.co/HLuSX5UqdX