Our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted China’s Chang’e 6 lander on the rim of an eroded, 50-meter crater within the Moon’s Apollo basin. Chang’e 6 landed on the far side of the Moon on June 1st and LRO captured the image of the lander on June 7.
NASA does great work because of the wizards who work here—our OSIRIS-REx team is a shining example!
The samples they retrieved from asteroid Bennu are helping us understand our solar system and protect humanity here on Earth.
“I wanted to challenge NASA to actually put together videos without any music and let the music come after,” said Piotr Gajewski, music director of the National Philharmonic. ⬇️
Good news from interstellar space:
@NASA
's most distant spacecraft,
#Voyager1
, is now returning data from all four science instruments for the first time following a technical issue last November.
What do we know about the asteroids & comets in Earth's neighborhood? There are lots out there & NASA's on the hunt.
#PlanetaryDefense
— which includes finding, tracking & characterizing near-Earth objects — is part of our mission. Here's what we've found:
Earth's ocean not only plays a crucial role in sustaining life on our planet, but it also teaches us about ocean worlds in our solar system & life's potential in the cosmos! Join
@NASASolarSystem
and us for a special deep dive into this topic for
#NationalOceanMonth
:…
We’ve selected three proposals for concept studies for DYNAMIC — a mission designed to study how Earth’s lower atmosphere influences its upper atmosphere.
Earth and space are interconnected, and with DYNAMIC we can understand how space weather interferes with crucial technology…
“We’re building a blueprint for exploring the solar system.”
Take a deep dive into the
#Artemis
missions to the Moon with NASA’s chief exploration scientist Jacob Bleacher on the most recent episode of our Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast.
Ad astra. ✨
Ed Stone, former director of JPL and longtime
@NASAVoyager
project scientist, has passed away. He will forever be an inspiration to all who
#DareMightyThings
.
As solar storms pummel the Red Planet,
@MarsCuriosity
and its radiation detector are preparing for future human explorers.
On May 20, Curiosity received a radiation dose equivalent to 30 chest X-rays.
This just in!
@NASA
sent pet pics to and from space over laser links! Gathered from employees and
@NASA_Astronauts
, this data flowed from Earth to LCRD, which then relayed it to the
@Space_Station
- showing off the efficiency of lasers and new networking tech.…
We mourn the passing of astronaut Bill Anders, lunar module pilot for Apollo 8, and backup pilot for the Gemini XI and Apollo 11 flights. One of the first three people to travel beyond the reach of our Earth and orbit the Moon, Anders took the legendary Earthrise photo. More on…
Get your creative juices flowing!🎨🧶🎭
Psyche Inspired Internship applications are open! Undergrads of all majors are invited to share the excitement, innovation & science of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public through artistic & creative works.
The
@NASAWebb
space telescope delivers astounding views of the most distant locations in the universe we have ever observed. It also shows us our own neighborhood like never before. 🪐 How we explore the solar system with Webb: